ASE 2017 - Programme Preview

Annual Conference 2017
ASE Conference Programme Preview & Registration Form
Wednesday 4 January - Saturday 7 January 2017 at the University of Reading
Showcasing CPD for all involved in science education
www.ase.org.uk
Always an
enjoyable and
stimulating
event.
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UKs largest CPD

event for science
teaching and learning
One day from 85 plus
Saturday special for 66
4 days... 350 sessions

plus exhibitions
and events
Excellent CPD - value
for money.
Early Bird
15%
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The Association for Science Education Annual Conference 2017

Wednesday 4 - Saturday 7 January at University of Reading, RG6 6UR
I have attended
many conferences
and thought this was
one of the best.
Conference delegate
Four days with over 350 sessions.

TheASEAnnualConferenceisauniqueCPD
event,givingeveryonetheopportunitytoplan
a personalised programme. Develop your
teachingskillsandknowledgewhilepursuing
your interests and pleasure in science.
ASE brings together expert and passionate
practitionersfromacrossscienceeducation.
The result is an inspiring event offering you
the chance to share inspirational ideas, help
maximise the progress of your learners,
explore mathematical skills in science and
hear from national experts on crucial topics.
I like the variety of ASE conference - I can

always find interesting sessions to attend.
The Association for Science Education

is the UKs largest subject association,
working to support everyone involved in
science education.
The Annual Conference is open to
everyone, both ASE members and nonmembers.
Conference delegate
The Association for Science Education, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AA T: 01707 283000 F: 01707 266532 E: info@ase.org.uk W: www.ase.org.uk
VAT number: GB 230 3753 93 I Royal Charter: ROC 000805 I Patron: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh I Registered Charity: 313123/SC042473
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Keynotes and special events
A selection of key lectures, workshops and

debates across the Conference programme
Mathematics and science for life
Dr Mary Oliver, University of Nottingham
mascil (mathematics
and science for life!)
aims to promote
inquiry-based science
teaching. It also
connectsmathematics
and science education
to the world of work. The aim is to help
students gain them the competencies they
need for their future professional and personal
lives as active citizens.
Wednesday 1.30pm
Talking science debate

Chair Professor David Read
Professor David
Read chairs a
debate on Benefits
of and barriers
to incorporating
independent research
projects into the
curriculum. Join hosts the Institute of Physics,
the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Biology,
the Royal Society of Chemistry and the
Wellcome Trust, for a debate and wine.
Friday 4pm
Yes you can! with ASE
Practical activities
that are NOT banned!
Some enthusiastic
demonstrations from
the ASEs Health &
SafetyGroupillustrating
a range of practical
activities that teachers can do. So try activities
that you might have thought were banned.
Friday 10am
Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor

forthePublicUnderstandingofScienceattheOxford
University, a chair he holds jointly at the Department of
ContinuingEducationandtheMathematicalInstitute.
He is also a Professor of Mathematics and a Fellow of
NewCollege.HiskeynoteattheASEAnnualConference
is perfect timing given the new, strong focus on mathematics in science.
Thursday 3pm
Unleashing excellence in science teaching

David Weston, Teacher Development Trust
Preparing the next generation of scientists,

engineers and technologists is one of societys
most important jobs. We have some of the most
exceptional pockets of science teaching practice
in the world, so how can we go further to unleash
the best practice ineveryschool? David Weston
will describe how the new Standard for Teachers
Professional Development can underpin the next push for rich, subjectspecialist development for teachers in every school with a central role for
expert subject associations.
David is the founder and Chief Executive of the Teacher Development Trust,
and the Chair of the Department for Educations Teacher Development
Expert Group. He is a school governor and a former secondary maths and
physics teacher.
Thursday 10am
Moving from citizen to civic science

Professors Justin Dillon & Arjen Wals
Justin Dillon is Professor of Science and

Environmental Education & Head of School, at the
GraduateSchoolofEducation,UniversityofBristol.
Arjen Walls is Professor of Transformative Learning
forSocio-EcologicalSustainabilityattheEducation
and Competence Studies Group of Wageningen
University where he also holds a UNESCO Chair of
Social Learning and Sustainable Development.
Wednesday 5pm
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Improving gender balance - a new approach

Charles Tracy, Institute of Physics
Like many
organisations, the IOP
has been working for
many years to improve
gender balance in
the uptake of physics
post-16. However,
the proportion of girls choosing physics has
remained at around 21%. Following our
most recent reports, we have been piloting
interventions with the whole school staff. Early
evidence suggests this can make a genuine
and marked difference.
Thursday 1pm
Kavli education medal lecture: Students as

scientists: running real research in schools
Hear from the Royal

SocietyKavlieducation
medal winner,
Professor Becky
Parker MBE, about the
experience of getting
students to carry out
real scientific research, the effects it has had
on attainment and progression, and find out
how to do the same in your school.
Thursday 2pm
ASE Presidents address

Professor Danielle
George begins a
second year as ASE
President. Join her for
a stimulating view on
contemporaryscience.
Friday 2pm
Neil Monteiro
Neil returns to the ASE Annual Conference due to

popular demand for his startling and inspiring show.
Neil studied Physics at Imperial College London
before going on to deliver talks and workshopsin
theReach Out Labas part of the Colleges
outreach programme. He gives interactive talks
anddemonstration lectures about all kinds of
science and maths but specialises in using a mix of physics, psychology
andillusions to illustrate the weirder side of science.
Saturday 11am
Martin Post, Regional Schools Commissioner for North West

London and South Central England
Martin Post started his role as Regional Schools

Commissioner for North West London and South
Central England (NWLSC) in August 2014. As
RegionalSchoolsCommissionerforNWLSC,Martin
is responsible for making decisions about the
academies and free schools in 27 local authorities.
Before his appointment, Martin was Headmaster
of Watford Grammar School for Boys for 14 years. Earlier in his career he
has also served as both a local leader of education and a national leader of
education as well as a trustee of the Teacher Development Trust.
Thursday 1pm
Shaping participation
Professor Louise Archer, Kings College London
Professor Archer will share insights from the

ASPIRES2 and enterprising science projects into
the factors that shape young peoples participation
in science. Louise is Professor of Sociology of
Education; Director of the ASPIRES and ASPIRES2
projects(ScienceAspirationsandCareerChoiceage
10-14and14-19);andKCLDirector,theEnterprising
Science project, in partnership with BP and the Science Museum.
Thursday 11am
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A programme packed with science CPD
Follow a range of themed paths, or create a personal

programme that meets your CPD needs
Our programme contains something for everyone, whether
you are a teacher, technician, teacher educator, governor,
consultant or careers officer.
Over 350 sessions, 11 special programmes.
International programme
Primary programme
On Wednesday, we have a dedicated

International Day exploring science education
in its global context with the United Nations
SustainableDevelopmentGoalsforEducation
in mind. Explore international projects and
resources, collaborate with schools across
continents and discover ideas that work in UK
classrooms and beyond.
A fete of ideas and best practice for all involved

in primary education occurs across all four
days of the Conference. A special, highlighted
PrimaryProgrammetakesplace onFridayand
Saturday, featuring sessions selected by the
ASEPrimaryCommitteewhicharepackedwith
soundassessmentadvice,ideasforenriching
your science curriculum and boosting links
between science and literacy.
All participants and speakers come together

for lunch, when there is also a small exhibition
of resources.
On Friday, we have the Primary pop-up,

allowing everyone to share their classroom
ideas and activities.
The remaining three days of the Conference

have further sessions relevant to science
education around the world.
Earth science
The Earth Science Teachers Association
(ESTA) delivers a popular and inspiring
programme each year. One of the Earth
science highlights this year will be the
Amazing planet - action-packed classroom
science on Thursday.Best CPD so far,
commented one of the audience last year.
Also do not miss the high-profile speaker on
ThursdayandtheEarthscienceworkshopsfor
the new curriculum on Friday.
Headteachers and governors

Bringing together policymakers and lead
practitioners, this programme on Thursday
offers governors, headteachers and senior
leaders guidance on supporting science
teaching and student achievement in both
primaryandsecondarysettings.Headteachers
and governors can attend free this special
programme on Thursday 5 January.
Speakers include:
David Weston from the Teacher
Development Trust
Martin Post, Regional Schools
Commissioner for North West London
and South Central England
a representative from the new
College of Teaching.
Frontier Science
Treated myself to
two Frontier Science
lectures, fascinating
and good to keep my
science brain active!
Conference delegate
The University of Reading will be providing a

series of Frontier Science lectures throughout
theconference;health, environmentandfood
security are all topics of significant interest.
The academics make the latest scientific and
technological research and state-of-the-art
developments come alive.
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The general CPD themes are:
practical science
curriculum and assessment
action research
policy into practice
creative technology.
Biology around the world
Global learning
A full day on Friday of short talks covering upto-date topics in biology, from game theory to
life on earth, via stem cells, fertility and food.
Something for everyone engaged with the
teaching of biology.
Providing links to the Education for

Sustainable Development (ESD) community
allowing us to explore this important topic.
The workshop sessions cover primary and
secondary education; a few titles to whet your
appetite:
UsingyourCrunchkitforassessment
Science through a global lens
Your sustainable learning journey
Edible education - this is rubbish
Carbon zero Britain.
11-19 programmes
For physics, chemistry and biology teachers,
whether experienced, NQTs or students.
Sessions are geared to responding to the
new science curricula and their impact on the
management of science departments. They
include:
Coping with new GCSEs more
content and more depth
The obsession with progression,
a five-year plan for working
scientifically
Current challenges for science
leadership.
The programme also includes practical
sessions, curricular and assessment
information and specialist lectures.
Research
Engage with the latest science education
research; led by universities or undertaken
by teachers as action research. There will
be workshops and poster sessions where
everyone involved in research can share good
practice across all sectors.
On Thursday, the more specialist work of the
Biology Education Research Group (BERG)
showcasesresearchintobiologyteachingand
learning from pre-school to A levels.
OnFriday,DrJaneEssexwillgivetheChemistry
Education Research Group (CERG) keynote,
Inclusive practice, how far has science
education come since the Warnock report?
Technicians
Practical sessions
are always good opportunities to find out
how other people do
things.
Conference delegate
On Thursday, there will be a programme of

sessionsfortechnicians,includingProfessional
LearningJourneyandCPDfortechniciansled
bytheASELaboratoryTechniciansCommittee.
In addition, there are many workshops with
practical science as their theme, while SAPS
and CLEAPSS will be running their highly
acclaimed, hands-on sessions
Further education programme

This year for the first time, we are showcasing
excellent practice in the further education and
skills sector, across different academic and
vocational areas.
On Thursday, there will be opportunities
to network with other practitioners and
explore the implementation of policy from
line of sight to work to engaging with local
businesses. There will be a keynote from Paul
Kessell-Holland, the Education and Training
Foundation,onTheSTEMLandscape,plusa
twilight FE TeachMeet.
This FE programme will be equally applicable
to those schools working closely with colleges
and considering the new technical options. It
will also consider study programmes, work
experience, careers and links with employers.
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The ASE
The Association behind the Conference

The heart of the Association for Science
Education is its members. Teachers, technicians
and advisers who are committed to delivering
high-quality science education to all learners.
Science education voice
Professional Learning Journey
The ASE plays a significant role in promoting excellence in teaching and learning
of science in schools and colleges. The ASE is an independent body influencing
policy and tackling the challenges in science teaching: representing the voice
of its members and working closely with the science professional bodies,
government, industry and business.
ASE works to promote and support the

professionalism of all science teachers and
technicians. By encouraging every educator to
develop their Professional Learning Journey, the
ASE supports high-quality teaching and good
outcomes for young people.
Regional networks
ASE is active in all regions across the UK thanks to a
dedicated team of Field Officers and the enthusiasm
of local members. There is a regular programme
of regional CPD and networking events open to all
teachers, both members and non-members. Events
include free, twilight, science TeachMeets.
Expert commitment
The work of ASE is led by the expertise and
passion of its member-run committees.
The nine committees focus on resources, projects
and advice in their specialist area. This includes:
the Primary and 11-19 groups who focus on
supportingclassroomteachersandseniorleaders;
the Research group contributes to journals,
conferences and books; while the Science
Technicians Committee organises the annual
National Technicians Conference.
A teachers or technicians journey can be formally

recognised through the professional register
as Chartered Science Teacher (CSciTeach) or
Registered Science Technician (RSciTech). This
recognition offers clear career progression, and
enables educators to benchmark their skills and
expertise.
The Professional Learning Journey empowers
teachers and technicians to take responsibility for
their own progression;
however, the ASE is also
working with senior
leadership so that
schools support staff
in their journey and
enable them to access
suitable professional
development.
www.ase.org.uk/
professional-development
All of the committees are there to advise and

support members, offering expert guidance and
resources.
Join now
www.ase.org.uk/
membership
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Sponsors
The ASE delivers the Annual Conference thanks to the

engagement of science education organisations
Confirmed Partners and Sponsors for ASE Annual Conference 2017
InternationalSponsor
The Pearson
Teaching, Learning
andAssessmentHub
TeachersReception
TheAQAPracticalHub
ConferenceSponsor
SchoolsExhibition
The AQA Practical Hub

AQA is, once again, supporting practical science at the ASE Annual Conference. Working with CLEAPSS, they will be turning the
HumSS building into a hub of inspiring, hands-on approaches to science education.
Sessions within the AQA Practical Hub include:
AQA Practical Hub launch - Thursday 10.30am
Using smartphones and football to help students access STEM with
Science on Stage - Saturday 12pm
A level practical skills with DataHarvest - Thursday 2pm
CLEAPSS practical hub workshop - Thursdays & Friday, each hour
from 11am - 3pm
Practical solutions: AQA combined science GCSE practical activitiesFriday 1pm & Saturday 12pm
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Conference guide
Tips and events to get the most from the conference

My experience at the conference has affected
the way I think about teaching science, and
furthered my appreciation of CPD.
Conference delegate
Just come along!
Plan your programme
The ASE Annual Conference is for everyone with a

passion for science education, both our members
and non-members. You can come for the full fourday programme or select a single day. If you just
want to get a sense of the event, you can come to
the Exhibition which is completely free. To book for
any part of the conference, use the form on page
20 or go to www.ase.org.uk.
This Programme Preview offers an overview of the

sessions at the Annual Conference; some times
and sessions will change in advance of January.
To explore the full, updated programme visit www.
ase.org.uk where you will also find a personal
programme planner an online tool that lets you
select the sessions you want and makes sure you
avoid clashes.
Be sociable
A vital part of attending the ASE Annual Conference is chatting to other science educators, to share
experiences,ideasandchallenges.Whetheryouwanttomeetoldfriendsormakenewconnections,youcan
come along to one of the social events:
The Wellcome Trust Reception
International Dinner
FRIDAY 6 JANUARY
Hosted at the University, this dinner is the perfect

setting to make connections with educators from
the UK and beyond. To attend the International
Dinner, add it to your conference booking.
All teachers, trainees and teacher trainers are

invited to join The Wellcome Trust for lunchtime
refreshments and an exploration of the resources
available to support science education. The
reception will be at the University from 12.30pm.
The ASE Members Reception
Association Social
Everyone is welcome to come to this free

reception held at the ASE Hub in the Exhibition
Marquee. If you are new to the Annual
Conference, this is the perfect chance to meet
our team and make new friends. Just drop in
between 5pm and 6.30pm.
Held at the Crowne Plaza hotel, this informal buffet

is the time to dine out with friends old and new.
Neil Monteiro will be touring the tables to challenge
your perception of scientific reasoning and
experimentation. To attend the Association Social,
add it to your booking.
WEDNESDAY 4 JANUARY
THURSDAY 5 JANUARY
FRIDAY 6 JANUARY
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Schools Exhibition at the Annual Conference

Showcase the science from your school
Create a display to show science educators from around the

globe what you and your students are doing in class or in
science club.
Schools in the Spotlight
Science on Stage
Bring your students to share their STEM
Could you represent UK science teaching?
All primary and secondary schools are invited to take

partintheSchoolsExhibitiontoshowcasethescience,
or wider STEM, being done in the classroom.
The ASE Schools Exhibition will showcase the work of
With an audience of around 3,000 delegates, the ASE

AnnualConferencecelebratessharingpracticeacross
scienceeducation.Nowinitssecondyear,theSchools
Exhibition will offer teachers and students the chance to
talk about their science work.
You can exhibit your from 5-7 January, or just on 6
January. On the Friday, you are invited to bring along
students to talk about their work from 9am - 12pm. Any
school taking part in the Exhibition will receive one
free teacher place at the Conference to enjoy
the wide programme of CPD sessions on offer.
To register your school, complete the online form at
www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SchoolsAC17
or contact nicola@seventhcorner.co.uk.
If you are in receipt of a

Partnership Grant from The
Royal Society, you can apply for
a bursary to cover travel and
accommodation.
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the 12 teachers who have been shortlisted to represent

the UK at Science on Stage 2017. Could you be one of
the 12?
Science on Stage is a network of school and college
teachers across Europe, sharing practice and ideas:
from teachers for teachers. These teachers come
together for an international festival every two years.
Selected competitively, each delegate brings their
winning project to showcase. You can submit and
application online until the deadline - 12 October 2016.
The ideal Science on Stage project:
promotes students interest in science,
refers to everyday life,
has a sustainable effect,
is feasible in everyday school life
and can be financed with reasonable
expenses,
promotes inquiry-based learning.
For more information, and to register, visit
scienceonstage.org.uk or contact education@
royalsociety.org.
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Exhibition Marquee
Resources, ideas and initiatives from science

education organisations
Exhibition Opening Times:
Thursday 0900-1830 (including the Members Reception from 1700)
Friday 0900-1800
Saturday 0900-1500
Exhibition Marquee highlights

TakesometimetobrowsetheASEAnnualConferenceExhibition.Withone
visit you can compare equipment, research resources and pick up some
show bargains
Enjoyed it
very much, very
professionally
run.
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The ASE Hub
At the heart of the Marquee is the ASE Hub where

you can explore our resources and meet the team
thatcansupportyourCPD.YoucanalsobrowseASE
Booksales for a selection of highly recommended
science education titles we have on offer.
The Pearson Teaching, Learning and

Assessment Hub
There will be a full programme of workshop sessions
in the marquee, in The Pearson Teaching, Learning and
Assessment Hub, giving you the chance to take away
effective teaching and learning strategies and use them
back in the classroom.
Interactive stands
At the Annual Conference Exhibition, you can collect free resources and also take
part in active CPD. Many of the stands, run hands-on activities.
Visit the Royal Society of Chemistry stand to take part in a carousel of CPD
activities, repeated throughout each day. Collect practical ideas to help teach KS3
science, support your transition to the new GCSE specifications, enrich A level
practicalworkandincorporatescienceintoyourcross-curriculumplanning.While
at the ASE Hub, field officers will be leading hands-on activities drawn from books
published by ASE.
Free exhibition-entry only
We are once again offering free exhibition-entry

only. So if you only want to explore the exhibition,
you can register for your free badge on arrival.
Please note this special badge will not gain you
access to any of the CPD sessions happening
outside of the Exhibition Marquee.
2016, saw over 100 exhibitors all engaged in science teaching and learning. For
2017, we already have leading organisations confirmed, including:
ABPI
Data Harvest
OCR
STEM Learning
AQA
Gratnells
OUP
Timstar
ASE Hub
MolymodModels Pearson
CGP Books
NaRIKa
Philip Harris
Collins
Corporation
SciChem
If you would like

to showcase
your work at the
Exhibition, contact
Ray Hancock:
rayhancock@ase.
org.uk, t: 01707
283015
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Wednesday 4 January
International Day
Science Education without Frontiers
Open to everyone, the International Day explores science education

in its global context. Delegates come together for a sponsored lunch,
making it the perfect way to connect with educators from around
the UK and beyond.
1030-1045
International Day Welcome: Shaun Reason, Chief Executive, ASE
1050-1145
Content knowledge and
pedagogical content knowledge
of secondary physics educators
11-19
Global learning All
An introduction to ASEs
resources with a global
dimension including those
funded by Research Councils
Teaching physics entails a
continuousreflectionofsubject UK and those developed in
content in conjunction with partnershipwithPracticalAction
pedagogical content towards through the Global Learning
understandingtherelationship Programme.
amongfactual,conceptualand Marianne Cutler, ASE
procedural knowledge.
The latest developments in

Developing scientific thinking
microchemistry REPEATED 11-19 through inquiry 11-19
Low-cost and quickly
performed procedures to
enhance students chemistry
experience in all parts of
chemical education and add
variety to your lessons.
Bob Worley, CLEAPSS

www.cleapss.org.uk
@CLEAPSS
ProfessorYashwantRamma, Practical physics ideas to inspire

Mauritius Institute of
All
Hands-onactivitieswithHooked
Education
Explore a range of simple

authenticpracticalactivitiesand
how you engage students in
inquiryapproachacrossSTEM
subjects. See how can help
studentswithscientificthinking
andunderstandingofNatureof
Science.
Chris Harrison, Kings

College London
www.kcl.c.uk/sails
@ASEchairChris
Routes to doing research

with your students in school
REPEATED 11-19
The Institute for Research in

Schools supports teachers
introducing fundamental
researchprojectsinscienceand
engineeringthroughresources
and training.
Becky Parker, Institute for

Research in Schools
www.researchinschools.org
@ResearchInSch
on Physics.
science.mie.mu/physics
SchiChem
www.scichem.com
1150-1245
International Earth Science:
Earthlearningidea All
Earth-learning activities with

few resources
CASTME science in action: Pre- Teaching controversial issues

school children at play Primary Post-16
This CASTME project in

some commonwealth
ChrisKing,Earthlearningidea countrieshelpspre-school
www.earthlearningidea.com children and their adults
recognise the science in
action in their everyday
world.
Dr Sue Dale Tunnicliffe,
CASTME & Matt Silvester,
Sreepur Village
www.castme.online
Data illustrating Year

12 (1617 year old)
participants scientific
knowledge and ethical
viewpoints pre- and postparticipation in role-play
exercises presenting legal
issues (such as stem cells)
are discussed.
Dr Vanessa Kind, Durham
University
Research-focused teaching
Free web-based learning
resources to inspire students in resources for post-16 chemistry
REPEATED Post-16
STEM careers 11-19
An introduction to ASEs
resources focusing on Big
Research Questions within
a global context which are
supportedbyResearchCouncil
UK.
Free resources to learn about

fundamental topics in post-16
chemistryusingrealworldwide
research databases!
Marianne Cutler & Helen

Harden, ASE
www.ncl.ac.uk/chemistry/
outreach/resources
@PHoare1963
www.ase.org.uk/resources/
maths-in-science
Dr Peter Hoare, Newcastle

University
www.dur.ac.uk/cells
1245-1330
1330-1425
Lunch and exhibition

Keynote
Mathematics and science for life - Dr Mary Oliver, University of Nottingham
mascil (mathematics and science for life!) aims to promote inquiry-based science teaching in all schools. It also connects
mathematicsandscienceeducationtotheworldofwork.Explorehowtobringinquiry-basedscienceteachingandtheconnection
totheworldofworkintoyourmathematicsandscienceteachingandhelpstudentsgainthemthecompetenciestheyneedfortheir
future professional and personal lives as active citizens.
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Thanks to the International Day sponsors
1430-1525
Learning in a new language
11-19
Howcanyourstudentsaccess
informationandmakesenseof
scientificideaswhentheyhave
a limited understanding of the
language in which you teach?
Alison Gardenier RSci

a.gardenier@gmail.com
1430-1555
Pan-African conservation project A lifelong impact in 1 hour with

All
PS REPEATED Primary
Exciting,up-todateandrelevant
resource to engage students
in caring about the world by
immersioninrealissuesleading
to better future for all.
Experience for yourself how

in just a few hours Discovery
Corner Netherlands makes a
lifelong impact on children in
the Primary age.
Lynne Symonds, The

BertNagel,SimpleScience
www.ontdekhoek.nl
Wulugu Project, Penny
Fraser,UNAFAS/PACE&Dan
Bucknell, Tusk
1525-1555
Coffee and exhibition
How can we promote a deeper Science through a global Lens

engagement in outdoor
REPEATED All
Practical ideas to embed
learning? Primary
global learning in your science

curriculum. Explore Zeer pots,
solar lighting, insect eating and
fuel efficient stove activities
foryourKS2andKS3students
through powerful learning.
Enhance your pupils progress
Dr Natasha Serret,
and global understanding.
Alison Murphy, Sarah
ElenaLengthorn&KevinBailey,
Hindmarsh, Sue Hunt, & Global Learning Programme
PaulWaring-Thomas,Steve globaldimension.org.uk/glp
We will share professional
developmentapproachesthat
weusetoempowerourprimary
trainee teachers to engage
with outdoor learning and their
reflections on this.
Sharp, Nottingham Trent

University
School-university partnerships
All
Join us to explore how schools

and universities can develop
morestrategicandsustainable
partnerships, drawing upon
learningfromtheRCUK-funded
SUPI project.
Claire Wood, National

Coordinating Centre for
Public Engagement
www.publicengagment.ac.uk/
SUPI
@nccpe
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advice to ensure a seamless service.
1600-1655
The language of mathematics New resource for climate
Does developed mean more
in science: teaching approaches sciences All
advanced: STEM teacher
Thissessionoffersanoverview education in Uruguay? 11-19
REPEATED 11-19
Howteachersarepromotingthe of Climanosco.org and a
use of mathematics in science dialogue on how it can support
teaching climate sciences
lessons.
Marianne Cutler & Richard through a connection with
climate scientists.
Needham, ASE
What should STEM teachers

know and be able to do? This
interactive session will include
innovativepedagogyinvolving
anovelwayofusingquestions,
practical work
www.ase.org.uk/resources/ Dr Michel Bourqui,

Climanosco & Dr Daniel Hill, John Oversby
maths-in-science
oversby61@gmail.com
University of Leeds
www.climanosco.org
@climanosco
1700-1755
Teaching photosynthesis and

the carbon cycle Post-16
Photosynthesis, a biology
topic, but the chemistry can
get muddled. This animated
sessiondispelsmisconceptions
aboutmatterandenergyduring
photosynthesis,respirationand
burning.
Keith Ross, ASE & Fuse

School
www.fuseschool.org
www.scienceissues.org.uk
Learning science with picture

books Primary
This talk aims to present to

what extend some fictional
picturebooksallowtoquestion
scientifictopicswithpupilsfrom
French and English primary
schools.
Catherine Bruguiere &

Dr Sue Dale Tunnicliffe,
University College London
c.bruguiere@ucl.ac.uk
Keynote
Moving from citizen to civic science - Professors Justin Dillon & Arlen Wals
JustinDillonisProfessorofScienceandEnvironmentalEducation&HeadofSchool,attheGraduateSchoolofEducation,Universityof
Bristol.
ArjenWallsisProfessorofTransformativeLearningforSocio-EcologicalSustainabilityattheEducationandCompetenceStudiesGroupof
Wageningen University where he also holds a UNESCO Chair of Social Learning and Sustainable Development.
International
Dinner
Welcome drink from 1830,

dinner at 1900.
Tickets 35 per person
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Primary Programme
Friday 6 & Saturday 7 January

Friday 6 January
Working Scientifically
09301030
11001200
12151345
Assessment
Fossils & Evolution
Practical Science
The Brenda Keogh Lecture

Teachers including Paul Tyler from Mearns Primary School Linda McKee from Antrim Primary School, Toby Tyler from Great
Moor Infant Community School, and Bryony Turford, an independent consultant, share their best practice and recommended
resources.
Smart pickings - a
new childrens science
book full of their
investigations!
Dr Lynne Bianchi,
University of
Manchester
The foundations of
science learning
Bryony Turford,
Primary Science
Geeks&JaneTurner,
Collins Education
Assessing and tracking

progress in primary
science
Debbie Eccles,
Primarily Science
Good question!
Teaching primary school
Jude Penny, Russ
evolution
Shalofsky & Dr Colin
StuartNaylor,Millgate
Forster - University
House Education
of Gloucestershire
Science meets English

DavidAllen,Hertsfor
Learning & Naomi
Hiscock, Primary
Science Education
Consultancy
Primary pop-up
Come and join us for an informal celebration of inspirational ideas for the classroom. Teachers from across the UK get together
and share great practice, activities and ideas you can put into practice simply and easily.
14001500
EXPLORE: Better science

Nicola Beverley,
Nicola Beverley
Consultancy
Creating opportunities
for formative assessment
Have they got it?
during primary science
Assessing conceptual
inquiries
understanding REPEATED Jason Harding,
Jane Turner, Collins CLEAPSS & Dr
Education
Natasha Serret,
Kings College,
London
15151615
Its not just about the

knowledge!
Nicky Waller, Centre
forIndustryEducation
Collaboration,
University of York
Moderating science
assessment
Naomi Hiscock,
Primary Science
Education
Consultancy
16301730
CREST star primary

investigations
Jenny OHare, Alex
Blatherwick & Maria
Rossini, British
ScienceAssociation
Science in question with

Becoming an effective
picture books
Planning for impact
Using The Crunch kit for
subject leader
CatherineBruguiere
Jane Turner, Primary assessment
Lois Kelly & Liz
& Dr Sue Dale
Science Quality
LouiseStubberfield,
Lawrence, ASE
Tunnicliffe,
Mark (PSQM)
Wellcome Trust
Primary Committee University College
London
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Science, Literacy &

Maths
Focused assessment:
practical examples from
TAPS
Sarah Earle, Bath
Spa University
Is Darwin the missing

link?
Alex Sinclair, St
Marys University
Primary science
homework: a pencil-free
approach
Dr Colin Forster,
University of
Gloucestershire
Linking science and

literacy for improved
student outcomes#
Bill Badders,
National Science
Teachers
Association, USA
Rocks & fossils with Lottie

Fossil Hunter doll
Dr Anjana Khatwa
Ford,JurassicCoast
Team
Exploring chemistry in
SEND schools
Sarah Bearchell,
Sarahs Adventures
in Science
Drama scripts inspiring

scientific inquiry
David Allen, Herts
for Learning
Curiosity in primary
maths and science
Alan Cross,
ManchesterInstitute
of Education &
Alison Borthwick,
Norfolk County
Council
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This Primary Programme features sessions that

have been specially selected by the ASE Primary
Science Education Committee. While there
are primary sessions running throughout the
Conference, this selection covers core themes
with approaches commended by the Committee.
Best primary
event ever.
Conference delegate
Saturday 7 January
09301030
11001200
Curriculum
Assessment & Subject

STEM
Leadership
Teaching very young

scientists: enhancing
scientific learning in EYFS
Debbie Eccles,
Primarily Science
Moderating science
assessments
Naomi Hiscock,
Primary Science
Education
Consultancy
Why do STEM in primary

schools?
Joy Parvin, Centre
for Industry
Education
Collaboration,
University of York
Tinker tailor robot Pi pedagogical approaches

Primary iPad data
to primary engineering
logging
Dr Jon Chippindall,
BarryHawkins,Data University of
Harvest
Manchester&Shane
Nolan, Christ the
King Primary School
Keeping on top of topical

science
Paul Tyler, Mearns
Primary School
What makes an effective

primary science leader?
MarcNeesam,Royal
SocietyofChemistry
& Jane Turner,
Primary Science
Quality Mark
Parents as partners building science capital

Jane Winter,
Centre for
Industry Education
Collaboration,
University of York
Using data logging in the

KS1 and KS2 science class
Maggie Morrissey,
TechnologyToTeach
Limited
1200-1300
Science & Technology
Practical Science
Primary Science: As
practical approach
Hellen Ward Canterbury Christ
Church University
Science from the farm

Debbie Hicks,
Farming and
Countryside
Education
Margaret Collis Lecture from the UK and European Space Agency
13001400
Using mathematics to
enhance scientific inquiry
Dr Andy Markwick,
Evolution
Educational
Consultancy
An approach to primary
assessment
Joanna Conn &
Charlotte Jackson,
Herts for Learning
Running a STEM week

Kulvinder Johal,
Northbury Primary
School
A year in Space education

Bryony Turford,
Primary Science
Geeks
Science with a context

Keith Remnant Putting Learning
First & Hellen Ward
- Canterbury Christ
Church University
14151515
Using ASE Primary

Science, to support
teaching
Leigh Hoath, ASE
& Emma Vanstone
ScienceSparks/ASE
Have they got it?

Assessing conceptual
understanding REPEATED
Jane Turner, Collins
Education
Why are there still girls

subjects and boys
subjects?
Ellie Highwood,
University of
Reading
Primary data logging

ideas
BarryHawkins,Data
Harvest
Practical chemistry in the

primary classroom
Martin Wesley,
Sphere Science Ltd
Marble keep-y-uppy
Can your students be the team to build a device that keeps a marble in
continuous motion for the longest possible time?
Working scientifically to
deliver the curriculum
Martin Wesley,
Sphere Science Ltd
Prizes sponsored by
Ifso,enterthisyearsPrimaryScience&Technologycompetition.Childrencanenterinteamsof
up to 5, grouped in the age categories: KS1-Yr1 & 2; Lower KS2-Yr3 & 4; Upper KS2-Yr5 & 6.
Prizes include a whole-school science roadshow visit, science equipment, and free places
at the ASE Annual Conference 2018. To enter, your school must be a member of CLEAPSS.
Deadline 18 July 2017. For more details, visit www.cleapss.org.uk
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Hotels
ASE has negotiated special conference rates at a

selection of Reading hotels
Hillingdon Prince Hotel
39 Christchurch Road, Reading RG2 7AN
Within walking distance
of the university and town
centre, the hotel offers great
value and friendly service.
RoomshavefreeWiFi,fridges,
microwaves and satellite TV.
There is ample parking, a
gym, bar and bar meals and 24-hour reception.
Conference B&B rate: 70pp. Booking Ref: ASE 2017
Book online www.hillingdonprince.co.uk
Holiday Inn Reading South

500 Basingstoke Road, Reading RG2 0SL
The 202 air-conditioned
rooms at the Reading South
hotel have everything you
need - free car parking, with
WiFi access available at a
charge.The Spirit Health
Club has an indoor pool, gym,
sauna and solarium.
Conference B&B rate: 68pp. Booking Ref: FRT
T: 0118 9870482 www.hireadingsouthhotel.co.uk
Millennium Madejski Hotel

Madejski Stadium, Reading RG2 0FL
Situated just off the M4,
the hotel forms part of the
Madejski Stadium Complex.
Free parking and free WiFi.
The town centre, station and
university are all within a
10-minute drive. There is a
regular bus route from Reading Station 6.30am -7pm
and an ASE Park & Ride for the University.
Conference B&B rate: 70pp. Booking Ref: ASE
T:01189253500www.millenniumhotels.com/Madejski
Remember to check the hotels

cancellationpolicy.ASEisnotinvolved
inbookingaccommodation,payment
of hotel bills or cancellations.
16
Please book and pay directly with the hotel.

Choose from the selection below and
contact the hotel to book, quoting the
ASE reference. You will pay the hotel
directly.
Crowne Plaza Reading

Richfield Avenue, Caversham, Reading RG1 8BD
Situated on the bank of the
River Thames and close
to road and rail links, with
complimentary parking, the
hotel offers full leisure facilities
and complimentary WiFi
throughoutbuilding.Thehotel
will be hosting the Association Social on Friday night.
Conference B&B rate: 79pp. Booking Ref: SA8
T: 0118 925 9988 www.cp-reading.co.uk
Novotel Reading
25b Friar St, Reading, RG1 1DP
Less than 200m from the
station, this 4-star hotel offers
an excellent, central location.
There is a pool, fitness centre
and sauna, as well as a
restaurant and bar. WiFi is
available in all rooms.
Conference B&B rate: 69pp. Booking Ref: 46868757
T: 0118 952 2652 www.novotel.com/Reading
Ibis Reading Centre

25a Friar Street,Reading RG1 1DP
This budget hotel is located
in central Reading. The 182
rooms, offer free WiFi and
Freeview TV. Light meals and
snacksareavailable24hours.
Discountedcoveredparkingis
available nearby.
Conference B&B rate: 68pp. ASE Booking Ref: 579274
T: 01189 533 500 www.ibis.com
Pentahotel Reading
Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7RH
This hotel offers a town
centre location, within
walking distance of the
station. The 206 bedrooms all
offer free in-house movies,
WiFi and access to the gym.
ConferenceB&Brate:69pp.
Booking Ref: Association for Science Education
T: 0118 958 6222 www.pentahotels.com/reading
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Take advantage of the 15% Early Bird discount,

book before 21 October 2016
One day from only 85

Up to 48% discount for ASE members
Trainee teachers - join ASE and get one day free*
Free exhibition-only entry: Just come to the exhibition
for ideas and resources. Simply register on the day.
Register online
You will receive

your delegate
badge and
conference
pack by email.
Go to www.ase.org.uk. You will need to register free on the website and then go
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Groups of 6 or more receive a 15% discount. Download the Group Booking Form
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You can use the form on page 22. Please use only one form per person so
photocopy the blank form if you and a colleague are coming along. We can issue
paper invoices if that is easier for your organisation to process but we cannot
offer an Early Bird Bonus for invoiced registrations.
Register on the day
If you cannot book in advance, then just turn up and we will register you on the door.
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1 day
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3 days
4 days
85
Early Bird
155
Early Bird
179
Early Bird
195
Early Bird
99
185
215
229
149
Early Bird
249
Early Bird
319
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369
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174
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59
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66
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or a PDF is available
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Day listings
All the CPD sessions for

Thursday - Saturday
Using the listings
The sessions are grouped by student age and then listed by time.
See pages 4 & 5 for an outline of the themes and special programmes that
run throughout the Conference.
Times and details may change and more

sessions may be added before January, so
for a full description of each session and the
complete conference programme visit
www.ase.org.uk/annual-conference
Inspirational session, very good and

professional... Some great ideas for practical
work and assessment.
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and get one day FREE at the Annual
Conference.
ASE Annual Conference 4-7 January 2017, University of Reading - International Day 4 January 2017
Booking Form The easiest way to book is online: www.ase.org.uk/annual-conference

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your confirmation is emailed to you before the conference.
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ASE Futures 11-19
139
Associate Membership
42
ASE Futures Primary
125
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Additional events
International Dinner, Meadow Suite, University of Reading

Wednesday 4 January 2017, from 6.30pm, 35
Association Social, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Reading

Friday 6 January 2017, from 7.00pm, 29
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Wednesday 4 January - International Day

Plan Your Day
0900
You can use the chart below to map out the sessions you would like to see at the ASE Annual Conference.
We have filled in the plenary sessions.
1000
1100
International Day Welcome: Shaun Reason, Chief Executive, ASE

1030-1050
1200
1300
1400
Lunch and Exhibition

1245-1330
Mathematics and science for life - Dr Mary Oliver, University of Nottingham

13:30-14:25
1500
1600
1700
Moving from citizen to civic science - Professors Justin Dillon & Arlen Wals
17:00-17:55
1800
Plan your programme online
You can also use the online personal programme planner at www.ase.org.uk/annual-conference to make the
most of your time at the Annual Conference.
Thursday 5 January
Plan Your Day
0900
We have filled in suggested keynotes.
1000
1100
1200
S01 Unleashing Excellence in

Science Teaching
David Weston - Teacher
Development Trust
10:00-11:00
S03 Shaping participation in
science
Prof. Louise Archer - Kings
College London
11:00-12:00
S05 The STEM landscape
Paul Kessell-Holland - ETF
12:00-13:00
1300
1400
1500
S11 Improving gender balance

a new approach
Charles Tracy - IOP
13:00-14:00
S07 Martin Post, Regional

Schools Commissioner
13:00-14:00
S06 Kavli education medal

lecture
Becky Parker
14:00-15:00
S23 Marcus du Sautoy

15:00-16:00
1600
S10 Earth Science
Distinguished Speaker
16:00-17:00
1700
The ASE Members Reception
1700-1830
1800
Friday 6 January
Plan Your Day
0900
1000
We have filled in some suggested keynotes.
S15 Brenda Keogh lecture

Primary teachers share best
practice
09:30-10:30
Schools Exhibition
Teachers and students from
across the UK showcase the
STEM from their classrooms.
09:00-12:00
1100
1200
S18 People like me

Prof. Averil Macdonald - WISE
11:00-12:30
1300
S16 Meeting the mathematical

demands in the new GCSE
science exams
Alessio Bernardelli
13:00-14:00
1400
The Wellcome Trust Teachers

Reception
12:30-14:00
S11 ASE Presidential Address

Prof. Danielle George
1400-1500
1500
1600
S17 Talking Science Debate:
Benefits of and barriers to
incorporating independent
research projects into the
curriculum
Education Policy Alliance
1600-1800
1700
1800
Saturday 7 January
Plan Your Day
0900
1000
We have filled in some suggested keynotes.
D07 AQA & CLEAPSS Practical

Hub networking
09:30-10:00
1100
S20 Neil Monteiro
Science demonstrations
11:00-12:00
1200
S21 Margaret Collis lecture
UK & European Space Agency
12:00-13:00
W142 More content and more

depth: Coping with new GCSEs
Euan Douglas - Saint George
Catholic College
12:00-13:00
S22 The language of

mathematics in science:
teaching approaches
ASE
14:00-15:00
T209 Pinch points: planned

intervention in science
education
Andrew Chandler-Grevatt - OUP
14:00-15:00
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
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11-19
All
09:30-10:30
W02 Take no-ones word for it and do STEM research

in school
Schools and colleges across the UK are running

student-ledresearchprojects,fundedandsupported
by Royal Society Partnership Grants. Hear from
participating teachers on their projects impact and
find out how to take part.
Royal Society scienceonstage.org.uk
domainoftheforward-lookingsciencedepartment.
Along came the national curriculum and they were
transferred to D&T; few now offer these in KS4 and
post-16 courses. Let us remind you about unused
and forgotten equipment that may be in your
cupboard.
David Ward - Greater Manchester STEM Centre
Practical science
Practical science
10:00-11:00
09:30-11:00
EngagingstudentswithSpecificLearningDifficulties
inscienceischallenging,stimulatingandrewarding.
Practical classroom ideas will be shared to reach
those outside the box thinkers.
Dr Diana Hudson dianahudson@btconnect.com
T11 Enabling dyslexic science students to excel
D01 STEM business networking
Drop in to meet representatives from businesses.

Find out about the career opportunities for students
with STEM skills.
Vocational including careers
Teaching & learning

10:00-11:00
11-19
T07 BERG: The impact of pre-service teacher training in

health education
09:30-10:30
W01 The future of fieldwork
FollowingthechangestoAlevelpracticalscienceand
itsassessmentin2016,theBritishEcologicalSociety
carried out a survey to assess how the provision of
fieldteachinghaschangedinbiologyfrom2014/15
to 2015/16 and beyond. Hear the survey findings
and see how we can build on the experience for all
students.
The British Ecological Society with ASE & Field
Studies Council
Curriculum & assessment

09:30-10:30
T01 Data website launch
SEEDat,fromIOP,RAEngandGatsby,allowsusersto
explorescienceandengineering(andothersubjects)
participation, attainment and progression at and
between school, college and university in England.
Tom Allen - Institute of Physics iop.org/SEEdat
Teaching & learning

10:00-11:00
W04 GCSE skills and data logging REPEATED
Data logging is within the new specifications and

skills assessment. Explore integrating data logging
with assessment. Bring your iPad, Android or PC
preloadedEasySensesoftware.WorkshopPCsare
also available.
Barry Hawkins & Iain Davison - Data Harvest
Sales@data-harvest.co.uk
Practical science
10:00-11:00
W06 Electronics a disappearing dimension in schools
Electronics and control technology were once the
Alongitudinalstudyofimpactofpre-serviceteacher
training in health education and the implications for
biology teaching.
Dr Jenny Byrne - University of Southampton
Action research
10:00-11:00
T05 Roots, eats, soils and leaves REPEATED
Microbiologypracticalsthatdemonstrateadiversity
ofactivitiesinnatureusingselectiveandenrichment
culturemethodsandmicroscopyinastraightforward,
safe and stimulating manner.
DrJohnGrainger-MicrobiologyinSchoolsAdvisory
Committee (MiSAC) microbe@misac.org.uk
Practical science
10:00-11:00
T08 Attitudes to science and Principia
Research Into Spaceflight and Engagement with

STEM (RISES) investigates the influence of learning
aboutSpaceon2,500studentsfromover40schools
across the country.
Dr Maria Turkenburg & Professor Judith Bennett UniversityofYorkScienceEducationGroup(UYSEG)
spaceflight-project@york.ac.uk @SpaceRISES
Teaching & learning

10:00-11:00
T03 Why are the computing classes full of boys and

psychology classes full of girls?
Gender stereotypes influence what children study

andachieve.Inthissessionweexplorehow,discover
our own biases and discuss ideas for challenging
stereotypes in the classroom.
Ellie Highwood - University of Reading
e.j.highwood@reading.ac.uk @UniRdg_diversity
Policy into practice

10:00-11:00
T02 New biologynew practicals REPEATED
Get ideas for simple hands-on practicals that help

students understand the experimental basis for
modern biology. As the practicals are investigative,
the students can also make some discoveries of
their own! After all, isnt the 21st Century the Age of
Biology?
Mary Philpott - CLEAPSS www.cleapss.org.uk
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
10:00-11:00
W03 Hands-on electricity generation REPEATED
Withourhand-heldDCgeneratoryoucangenerate
electricity and study energy transformation, energy
loss and efficiency.
MichalMarcik&TaikiWatanabe-NarikaCorporation
global.narika.jp
Practical science
10:00-11:00
T04 Genomics and KS3 biology
This presentation surveys current thinking in

genetics,especiallygenomicsandepigenetics,inthe
light of k7-k9 (KS3) science curricula.
Neil Ingram - Graduate School of Education,
University of Bristol neil.ingram@bristol.ac.uk
Post-16 & Skills

10:00-11:00
T09 STEM pathways to work at KS5 REPEATED
Discover OCRs specialist vocational pathways

in engineering, environmental, food and human
sciencesforKS5.Utilisingprojectbasedlearning to
engage learners.
OCR www.ocr.org.uk/science @OCR_science
Primary
10:00-11:00
T30 Chemistry in your shopping basket!
Interactivedemonstrationlecturelinkingchemistryto
the contents of your weekly shopping basket and to
the primary curriculum for chemistry!
Dr Peter Hoare, Newcastle University & Anne Willis,
Northumbria University
www.ncl.ac.uk/chemistry/outreach/activities/
shopping @PHoare1963
Teaching & learning
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All
10:00-11:00
S01 Unleashing Excellence in Science Teaching
Preparing the
next generation of
scientists, engineers
and technologists is
one of societys most
important jobs. We
havesomeofthemost
exceptionalpocketsof
scienceteachingpracticeintheworld,sohowcanwe
gofurthertounleashthebestpracticeineveryschool
andcollege?DavidWestonwilldescribehowthenew
StandardforTeachersProfessionalDevelopmentcan
underpin the next push for rich, subject-specialist
developmentforteacherswithacentralroleforexpert
subject associations.
David Weston - Teacher Development Trust
10:00-11:00
T10 Science teaching: what works?
An outline of what we can learn from research and

how it can affect our teaching.
Stuart Naylor - Millgate House Education
www.millgatehouse.co.uk @millgatehouseed
Teaching & learning
10:00-11:00
T12 Frontier Science: Food production, climate change

and societal adaptation in the Peruvian Andes: past,
present and future
Thepresentationwilladdressathemeofconsiderable
importance in the study of past civilisations, and
which has major implications for non-governmental
organisationsandagronomistsworkingonissuesoffood
security now. Namely, how resilient were traditional
agriculturalsystemstobothintensivehumanactivities
andextremeclimaticevents,andwhatimpactdidthey
have on long term sustainable food production in the
Peruvian Andes? The talk will illustrate how scientific
methods(geography,geology,agriculture)combined
with those from the humanities (archaeology, history,
ethnography),arebeingusedtoaddressthisquestion.
Dr Nicholas Branch - University of Reading
10:00-11:00
W05 Raising awareness about Malaria
TeachingaboutMalarialinkstomanycurriculumareas,
primary and secondary. Malaria in a box is a set of
flexible resources for teaching 5-19 year olds across
different countries about Malaria,
JaneFieldsend-UniversityofReading,J.Fieldsend@
reading.ac.uk
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10:00-11:30
T06 Assessment in school science: a case study
This presentation focuses on the current state of

assessment in school science and discussion on a
newtheory,EnablingAssessment,basedonmyPhD
research.
Dr Birendra Singh - UCL IOE b.singh@ucl.ac.uk

10:00-11:30
W07 Modelling evidence circles and formative

assessment REPEATED
Using moon phases, participants will learn how to

useevidencecircles,formativeassessment,andthe
claim, evidence, and reasoning framework to get
students to think critically.
Jim McDonald - Central Michigan University
jim.mcdonald@cmich.edu @jimscienceguy

10:30-11:00
S02 AQA & CLEAPSS Practical Hub launch

Find out what makes
great practical work
and about the range
of sessions on offer
duringtheconference.
Then at 11:00, join us
for networking, coffee
and cake in HumSS
foyer.
AQA ww.aqa.org.uk/science
11:00-12:00
S03 Shaping participation in science
Professor Archer will

share insights from
the ASPIRES2 and
enterprising science
projectsonthefactors
that shape young
peoples participation
in science.
Professor Louise Archer - Kings College London
11:00-12:00
T13 Frontier Science: How does multilingualism reshape

the brain?
Recent evidence has suggested that speaking

more than one language affects the structure of the
brain, especially in brain areas that are related to
linguistic processing, as well as areas that control
andmonitortheselectionamongseverallanguages
in bi-/multilinguals. This talk provides an overview
of the available literature on the effects of bi-/
multilingualism on brain structure, and discusses
how these effects may be related to non-linguistic
cognitivefunctions,includingtheproposedbilingual
cognitiveadvantage.Theroleofexperience-based
factors(e.g.modeandonsetofadditionallanguage
learning,amountoflinguisticimmersionetc.)willalso
be discussed.
Dr Christos Pliatsikas - University of Reading
11-19
11:00-12:00
T18 Enriching project work with CREST
FindoutwhatsnewwiththeCRESTAwardsscheme,
whichhasbeenrecognisingsuccessinSTEMproject
work for 30 years.
Jenny OHare - British Science Association
www.britishscienceassociation.org/crest
@CRESTAwards
Teaching & learning

11:00-12:00
W08 Meet the GCSE PAGs REPEATED
Hands-on opportunity to trial OCR GCSE science

PAG activities. Embed activities into your SoW, and
maximise the learning benefits for each task.
Practical science
11:00-12:00
W11 Models & misconceptions
How to identify and address some common

misconceptions in chemistry; using models to
overcomethem,withhands-onactivitiestotryinyour
lessons.
Sarah Longshaw - Eaton Bank Academy
s.longshaw@eatonbank.org @SKLchem
Practical science
11:00-12:00
T14 Qualification reform; a two-way conversation
Get information about the reforms to GCSEs and A

levels, with particular emphasis on the changes to
practicalscience.Seesomeresourcespreparedfor
teacherstouseandfeedbackonhowthereformsare
affecting you and your students.
Lucy Rimmington - Ofqual

11:00-12:00
W12 CLEAPSS practical hub workshop REPEATED
A chance to get hands on, carry out new and exciting

practicals and even make equipment to take back to
class.
Steve Jones - CLEAPSS www.cleapss.org.uk
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
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11:00-13:00
lee.jowett@leicester.gov.uk @EcoschoolsLCC
W09 The HiSPARC project
ESD
HiSPARC is used to study high-energy cosmic rays

intheclassroom.Thesoftwareanalysistoolsidentify
andmeasurecosmicrayshowers-theirenergyand
provenience. Use real research to inspire students
and give insights into how science works. Use
practical demonstrations about particle detectors.
Cristina Lazzeroni & Maria Pavlidou - University of
Birmingham c.lazzeroni@bham.ac.uk
All
lysosomes,inhibitsLDLoxidationinlysosomesand
decreases atherosclerosis in animals.
Dr David Leake - University of Reading
12:00-13:00
The right CPD for the right teacher at the right time
on the right issue! Are you getting what YOU need?
Is more always better? How can we make the grass
greener in your CPD landscape?
Dr Lynne Bianchi & Christina Whittaker - SEERIH,
University of Manchester
lynne.bianchi@manchester.ac.uk @UoMSEERIH
W18 Science through a global lens REPEATED
11:00-12:00
12:00-13:00
Practical science
Nick Poore
ExplorenetworkeddataloggingtoiPad,Androidand
PC.BringyouriPad,AndroidandorPCpreloadedwith
EasySense software. Workshop PCs available.
12:00-13:00
Action research
T23 Its the journey that counts!
Post-16 & skills

T15 BERG: An approach to learning A level biology
Teaching & learning
11:00-12:00
W10 Our next generation of technicians
Theroleofapprenticeshipsandtraininginaddressing
thenationalshortageofsciencetechniciansfollowed
by a discussion on what more we can all do.
David Swinscoe - City and Islington College
All
11:30-12:30
S04 PISA 2015: good or bad news for UK Science

education?
W15 iPad and network data logging
Practical science
12:00-13:00
T19 Spacelink learning foundation projects
DiscoverSpacelinksschoolprojectsincludingGoogle
hangouts and the Norman White award.
David Shelton & Robert Coombes - Spacelink
Learning Foundation
Davidsheltongls@gmail.com @spacelinklf
Teaching & learning
12:00-13:30
Practical ideas to embed global learning in your

sciencecurriculum.ExploreZeerpots,solarlighting,
insect eating and fuel efficient stove activities.
EnhanceyourKS2/3studentsprogressandglobal
understanding.
Elena Lengthorn - Lengthorn Education & Kevin
Bailey - Global Learning Programme
globaldimension.org.uk/glp
T17 Lesson study in science
Inlessonstudyteamsofteacherssystematicallyand
collaborativelyconductclassroom-basedresearch.
This interactive session will outline the principles
of authentic Japanese Lesson Study and present
casestudiesofscienceteachersexperiencesofthe
process,showingwaysinwhichtheyhaveadapted
LessonStudytofittheirindividualteachingcontexts,
and the resulting impact.
Julie Jordan - Sheffield Hallam University
Primary
12:00-13:00
W17 Chemistry smells and a schools chemistry trail
Join our expert panel

engaging in a lively
discussionaroundthe
OECDPISAoutcomes
of 2015: What are the
implications for UK
science education?
AQA www.aqa.org.uk/science
12:00-13:00
Practical science
12:00-13:00
12:00-13:00

11:30-12:30
W13 Earth Science: Amazing planet - action-packed

classroom science
Interactive Earth science lecture presentation

Chris King - Earthlearningidea
www.earthscienceeducation.com
Practical science
11:30-13:00
W14 Linking the science curriculum to sustainability
An interactive workshop to share ideas and learn

somethingnewaboutlinkingthesciencecurriculum
tosustainability,Eco-schoolsandtheGlobalGoals.
Lee Jowett - Leicester City Council
W20 Make better use of industry and university
Find out about the different programmes and

resources that help schools and colleges make
better use of the supported offered by industry and
university.
Gemma Taylor - STEM Learning www.stem.org.uk
T20 Frontier Science: Atherosclerosis and the oxidation

of low density lipoprotein in lysosomes: the enemy
within
Furring up of arteries with cholesterol leads

to atherosclerosis, causing heart attacks and
thrombotic strokes. Cholesterol carried in low
density lipoprotein (LDL) or bad cholesterol is
oxidised (becomes rancid) in the walls of arteries
and this is thought to be damaging to arteries. We
have discovered that LDL can be oxidised not in
the extracellular space of the arterial wall, as was
thought, but inside organelles called lysosomes in
cells. We have also discovered that an antioxidant
drug called cysteamine, which accumulates in
Can you recognise the familiar smells in our

Chemistry Smells kit and see how you can set up a
Chemistry Trail around your school!
Dr Peter Hoare - School of Chemistry, Newcastle
University www.newcastlechemistrytrail.org.uk
@PHoare1963
W22 Climate change and sustainability - primary
Jane Fieldsend - University of Reading, Institute of

Education J.Fieldsend@reading.ac.uk
ESD
12:00-13:00
W16 Diary of a scientist / inventor in residence
Findoutwhatbeingascientist/inventorinresidence
entails,andtakeawayinquiry-drivenandchild-driven
ideas to try for yourself!
Carole Kenrick - Gillespie Primary School
carole@gillespie.islington.sch.uk@Lab_13Gillespie
Teaching & learning
Listingscontinueaftercentrepull-outBookingForm
and planning pages.
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12:00-13:00
T22 BERG: Primary school teachers attitudes to

teaching evolution
Results from a survey in England of primary schools

on teachers attitudes to teaching evolution and
inheritance.
Dr Keith Chappell & Martha Pipkin -University of
Reading
Teaching & learning
11-19
12:00-13:00
T16 The latest developments in microchemistry

REPEATED
Low-cost and quickly performed procedures to

enhance students chemistry experience in all
parts of chemical education and add variety to your
lessons.
Bob Worley - CLEAPSS www.cleapss.org.uk
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
11-19
carried out in five minutes with minimal set-up time.
No harmful stains, casting of gels or long waiting
times.
Graeme Coleman - Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Practical science
12:00-13:00
T25 Teaching and learning of kinematics graphs
First year undergraduate physics students ability

to transfer linear algebraic graphs knowledge to
kinematics graphs.
Itumeleng (Happy) Phage www.cut.ac.za
Teaching & learning

12:00-13:00
T26 Practical work in biology
Teacherepistemologyonthenatureofpracticalwork
and its use for skill development through a culturalhistorical lens, can provide deeper insights into
classroom practical pedagogy.
Kristy Nathalie Phillip
Action research
12:00-13:00
12:00-13:00
Highlights from Rich Teaching and Learning of

Science, to be published by Springer as open
access,featuringcontributionsfromleadingscience
education researchers.
Dr Judith Hillier - University of Cambridge & Dr Anne
Bowker - University of Oxford
wyf21@cam.ac.uk
Addingpaceandchallengetolessonplanningtoget
the most progress and achieve GCSE top grades.
MartinReece&StuartSherman-AdvanceEducation
stuarttmsherman@hotmail.co.uk
T21 Rich science teaching & learning
Teaching & learning

12:00-13:00
W19 Developing effective science learners
Identifyingandaddressingpoorlearnertendencies:
ingenious applications of academic research to
developstudentlearningskillsinscience.Applyideas
fromPEEL(ProjectforEnhancingEffectiveLearningAustralia),todeveloplearnerresilience,aptitudeand
skills.
Fergus Hegarty - Walbottle Campus
Teaching & learning
T27 Teaching with pace and challenge
Teaching & learning

12:00-13:00
W23 Follow that bubble chamber trail
Particle physics for all classrooms.

MilesHudson&JamesdeWinter-PerimeterInstitute
www.perimeterinstitute.ca
@Perimeter
Teaching & learning

12:00-13:00
W24 Demo takeaway workshop
Demos and activities that will inspire and enthuse!

Cheap to make with resources often easily to hand.
PaulCookRSciTech-BurlingtonDanesAcademy/
ASE Technicians Committee
12:00-13:00
Practical science
Ideas and demonstrations with physics apparatus

covering a variety of topics, intended to develop
confidence and try alternative methods.
Geoff Auty - ASE School Science Review
gnv.auty@gmail.com
12:00-13:00
T24 If it doesnt work, its physics REPEATED
Practical science
12:00-13:00
W21 Lonza five-minute electrophoresis REPEATED
Electrophoresis that allows DNA separation to be
22
Achancetogethandson,carryoutnewandexciting
practicalsandevenmakeequipmenttotakebackto
school.
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
Post-16 & skills

12:00-13:00
S05 The STEM landscape
Paul Kessell-Holland,
Head of Partnerships
at The Education and
Training Foundation,
will offer a view of
the changing delivery
of STEM across
further education &
skills. Relevant both to FE teachers and those from
secondary schools to find out the options open to
learners.
Paul Kessell-Holland - ETF
12:30-13:30
T28 Is the practical advisor role for me? REPEATED
A level monitoring visits: come and find out what

skills and attributes were looking for, how to apply
and whats involved in the selection process.
Practical science
11-19
13:00-14:00
T29 Engage all abilities at KS4 REPEATED
BuildacurriculumusingOCRsnewGCSESeparate
andCombinedSciencesplusEntryLevelScienceto
enthuse students of all abilities at KS4.

13:00-14:00
S11 Improving gender

balance a new
approach
Like many
organisations,theIOP
has been working
for many years to try
to improve gender
balance in the uptake of physics beyond the age of
16.Despiteourcombinedbestefforts,theproportion
of girls choosing physics has remained resolutely
at around 21%. Following our most recent reports,
we have been piloting interventions with the whole
schoolstaff.Theearlyevidenceisthatthisapproach
can make a genuine and marked difference.
Charles Tracy - Institute of Physics
Teaching & learning

13:00-14:00
W28 50 shades of science
Demonstrations of a range of exciting practical

activitiesthatarecurriculum-linked.Allproducedby
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Janinne Delorenzo - University of Worcester
www.worcester.ac.uk
Practical science
whilst reinforcing curriculum concepts.

Dr Ken Farquhar - Inspirational Science Theatre
Company www.dodifferent.co.uk
@drkenfarquhar
Practical science
13:00-14:00
W26 Biology practicals that work REPEATED
Lookingforreliablebiologypracticals?Wevegotalab
fullofideasforyou,includingengagingandaffordable
new practicals for GCSE and A level. So drop in.
Dan Jenkins & Bronwen Richards - Science and
Plants for Schools (SAPS) www.saps.org.uk
@SAPS_news
Practical science
13:00-14:00
T32 Delivering the maths content on GCSE (9-1) Science
Explore current maths teaching strategies and how

this can be applied to delivering maths content in
11-16 Science.
Colin Goodlad - Pearson
Post-16 & Skills

13:30-14:30
W29 Biology CPAC best practice REPEATED
HowCommonPracticalAssessmentCompetencies
(CPAC) can be assessed both within required and
non-required practical work for biology.
14:00-15:00
13:30-14:30
Jane Fieldsend, University of Reading

J.Fieldsend@reading.ac.uk
W30 Chemistry CPAC best practice REPEATED
non-required practical work for chemistry.
13:30-14:30
13:00-14:00
S07 Martin Post, Regional Schools Commissioner for

North West London and South Central England
As Regional Schools
Commissioner for
NWLSC, Martin is
responsibleformaking
decisions about the
academies and free
schools in 27 local
authorities. Before his
appointment, Martin was Headmaster of Watford
Grammar School for Boys for 14 years. Earlier in his
careerhehasalsoservedasbothalocalandnational
leaderofeducationaswellasatrusteeoftheTeacher
Development Trust.
W31 Physics CPAC best practice REPEATED
non-required practical work for physics.
Practical science
All
14:00-15:00
W36 Earth Science: Earth science out of doors
Testing outdoor Earth science opportunities

Chris King - ESTA
Practical science
14:00-15:00
13:00-14:00
W27 Enhancing sustainability literacy through play!
How Bad are Bananas? is an extraordinary

educational tool and fun way to engage in deep
conversations about carbon emissions and other
environmentalandsocialissues.Playthegameand
learn more about its use with learners.
Dr Emma Fieldhouse - Future We Want
www.futurewewant.co.uk
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T31 Entertaining science shows
D02 Science fun for children with SEND
PracticalandfunwaystoengagechildrenwithSEND
with science learning, inside and outside of school.
DrSarahBearchell&DrLauraHobbs-Sciencefrom
the Start/Lancaster University
www.sciencefromthestart.wordpress.com
www.bearchell.co.uk @SarahBearchell
Practical science
14:00-15:00
T34 Frontier Science: Understanding and treating

teenage depression
13:00-14:00
Theimpactinformaleducatorsciencepresentations
mayhaveonstudentscienceaspiration,engagement
researchers,andpsychologicaltreatmentsarelargely
based on adult work. This presentation will explore
recent work which investigated characteristics of
depressed adolescents that could be addressed
in psychological treatment. Data will be presented
on the clinical presentation and biased information
processingofadolescentsassessedfordepression
in the NHS. Our findings broadly suggest that
psychological treatments are appropriate for
depressedadolescents.However,futureworkshould
considerhowtotargetspecificsymptomsthatarenot
directly addressed in current treatments.
Dr Faith Orchard - University of Reading
Practical science
Practical science
All
All
Adolescence is a distinct phase of development,

with a high incidence of depression. Despite this,
adolescent depression has been neglected by
W40 Climate change and sustainability - secondary

ESD
14:00-15:30
W41 Modelling evidence circles and formative

assessment REPEATED
Using moon phases, participants will learn how to

useevidencecircles,formativeassessment,andthe
claim, evidence, and reasoning framework to get
students to think critically.
Jim McDonald - Central Michigan University
jim.mcdonald@cmich.edu @jimscienceguy
Teaching & learning
Primary
14:00-15:00
W42 Any story, any age, same activity
A variety of activities easily adaptable across the

wholeprimaryagerangeandalldesignedtosupport
the working scientifically aspect of the primary
curriculum.
Martin Wesley - Sphere Science Ltd
www.spherescience.co.uk
Practical science
14:00-15:30
W32 Primary engineering: Bridge building
An inspiring, hands-on workshop, ideal to enthuse

studentsinSTEMclubsorprimaryclassrooms,using
the Rochester Bridge Trusts free education kit.
The Rochester Bridge Trust
www.rochesterbridgetrust.org.uk @rochesterbridge
Practical science
11-19
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genetics, personality and behaviour
Practical science
T38 Challenges leadership
14:00-15:00
S06 Kavli education medal lecture

Students as scientists: running real research in schools
Hear from the Royal

SocietyKavlieducation
medalwinner,Professor
Becky Parker MBE,
about the experience
of getting students to
carry out real scientific
research, the effects it
hashadonattainmentandprogression,andfindout
how to do the same in your school.
Action research
14:00-15:00
T33 The revised Edexcel IGCSEs REPEATED
Comeandhearabouttherevisedcontent,structure
and assessments of Edexcels IGCSEs and the
support available.
Damian Riddle - Pearson
14:00-15:00
W39 A sharing session activities for STEM Clubs
Well share some cheap and cheerful activities

ideal for STEM clubs. Well bring multiple sets of
paper-basedactivitiesforyoutotry.Wedlovethisto
beaSHARINGSESSION-sogetintouchtosendus
templates and well prepare multiple sets. Or bring
multiples along.
davidwardsalford@aol.com
Practical science
14:00-15:00
T35 Schemes of curiosity - bringing science back to

life - REPEATED
PrecedingOfstedsMaintainingCuriosityreport,our
science department set about transforming their
science curriculum. We wanted to bring science
alive for all students. Hear about how we plan initial
ideas, to how we ensure a love of science through
engagement,differentiation,rigourandassessment.

14:00-15:00
T37 BERG: Secondary students understanding of
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Post-16 & Skills
ProfessorBerryBillingsley-CanterburyChristChurch
University&DrKeithChappell-UniversityofReading
transfertheirmathematicalskillsandunderstanding
effectively to their science learning.
ASE & teachers
Action research
14:00-15:00
14:00-15:00
Whattoconsiderwhendeterminingacurriculumand
building a team - from course selection, planning
assessmentandallocatingrolesandresponsibilities.
Sarah Longshaw - Eaton Bank Academy
s.longshaw@eatonbank.org @SKLchem
Aworkshopfocusedonknowledgetransfer,engaging
employerswithSTEMteachingandlearninginorder
to develop courses and resources that effectively
meet employers needs and arm students with
relevant, up-to-date industry knowledge. Explore
a variety of approaches to working with employers
designed to make STEM education relevant and
exciting; Intelligence in Action!
Cerian Ayres - Petroc

14:00-15:00
W43 Engaging simple science experiments
We will explore a range of simple and inspiring

practical ideas for use with students, many of
them can be used as starters, examples of science
concepts or pleaneries.
SimonQuinnell-STEMLearningwww.stem.org.uk
@STEMLearningUK
Practical science
14:00-15:00
the classroom.
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
14:00-15:30
T36 A new twist to Newtonian physics
Henry Hammond - Alexandra Park School
Practical science
Post-16 & Skills

14:00-15:00
W34 A level practical skills
Exploredataloggingandpracticalassessments.Bring
your iPad, Android or PC preloaded with EasySense
software(freefromwww.data-havest.co.ukorrelevant
app store). Workshop PCs are also available.
Practical science
14:00-15:00
W33 The language of mathematics in science: an FE

perspective
Developgreaterclarityandcoherencewhenworking
withmathematicalideas,languageandprocedures
inscienceandmathematicslessons,tohelplearners
W35 Engaging Employers in STEM Learning

14:00-15:30
W37 Field study skills at a zoo
Find out about developing field study skills with ZSL

Whipsnade Zoos Site of Special Scientific Interest
(SSSI).
Chris Pollard - ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Practical science
14:30-15:30
T39 AQA A level biology essay
For schools new to AQA or wanting to have a better

understanding how to prepare students for the 25marksynopticessayquestioninAQAAlevelbiology.
All
15:00-16:00
S23 Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy is
the Charles Simonyi
Professor for the
Public Understanding
of Science at the
Oxford University, a
chair he holds jointly
at the Department of Continuing Education and the
Mathematical Institute. He is also a Professor of
MathematicsandaFellowofNewCollege.Hiskeynote
atthe ASEAnnual Conference is perfecttiminggiven
the new, strong focus on maths in science.
15:00-16:00
W45 CASE is that still around?
The Lets Think Secondary Science project sought

toupdatetheCASEorThinkSciencematerials.This
session will introduce you to what we were able to
achieve and the lessons we learned in the process.
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LTSS Tutors - Lets Think Secondary Science
Teaching & learning

15:00-16:00
W49 Remember the Egg Race
A session for participants to have a go at a simple

practicalchallenge,usingreadilyavailablematerials.
Ideas for in-school and inter-school competitions.
gnv.auty@gmail.com
Practical science
15:00-16:00
T47 Who owns the plants?
InstituteofFoodScienceandTechnologysponsored
lecture on plants and intellectual property.
Sarah Smith - University of Reading
Action research
can do for yourself and wont cost the Earth. Theres

RaspberryPis/Arduinosforphysics;ourhomemade
electronic cloud chamber; guide on making a multipurpose laser (and what to do with it), plus lots more.
Samir Moezzi - CLEAPSS www.cleapss.org.uk
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
15:00-16:00
15:00-16:00
15:00-16:00
T41 BERG: Year 10 students perceptions of neurons and

brains: a case study.
RevealinghowYr10studentscometounderstandthe
nervoussystemandbrainthroughasmall-scaletrial.
DrAndrewChandler-Grevatt&ProfessorJonathan
Bacon - University of Sussex
Andy ajg30@sussex.ac.uk
Jonathan j.p.bacon@sussex.ac.uk
Action research
15:00-16:00
15:00-16:00
T45 Frontier Science: Evolution of medicinal plants, and

implications for bioprospecting
There is controversy about whether traditional

medicinecanguidedrugdiscovery,andinvestment
in bioprospecting informed by ethnobotanical data
has fluctuated. One view is that traditionally used
medicinalplantsarenotnecessarilyefficaciousand
therearenorobustmethodsfordistinguishingthose
which are most likely to be bioactive when selecting
species for further testing. Here, I discuss the use of
methods from plant evolution to revitalize the use of
traditional knowledge in bioprospecting.
Professor Julie Hawkins - University of Reading
11-19
T42 Assessment and tracking in secondary science
Assessment should yield evidence about what to

teach next. Explore an approach which positions
progress tracking at the heart of effective teaching.
Ed Walsh - Ed Walsh Consulting
www.edmundwalsh.co.uk @cornwallscied
15:00-16:00
T43 Professional Learning Journey and CPD for

technicians
Explore CPD progression for technicians and the

positive impact on your skills and development.
Jan OConnell - Abbotsfield School & Ann Bullen Godalming College / ASE Technicians Committee
15:00-17:00
Looking for reliable biology practicals? Weve got

a lab full of ideas for you, including engaging and
affordable new practicals for GCSE and A-level. So
drop in.
PlantsforSchoolswww.saps.org.uk@SAPS_news
W46 Particle resources: MINERVA
15:00-16:00
Action research
Practical science
A review of the particle physics curriculum and an

update from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Try
software tools used by researchers to track/identify
particles, and see how this resource can inspire
students with how science works.
Cristina Lazzeroni & Lynne Long - University of
Post-16 & Skills
Achancetocarryoutnewandexcitingpracticalsand
even make equipment to take back to school.
@CLEAPSS
15:00-16:00
15:00-16:00
NewOCRGeologyAS&AlevelforSeptember2017.
Discovertheupdatedcontentandassessmentmodel,
pluspracticalskillsdevelopmentincludingfieldwork.
Practical science
T46 Physics for the 21st Century
Seesomecutting-edgeeducationalphysics,whichyou
W48 Line of sight to work
Making vocational STEM education work in practice:

illustrating the findings of the Commission on Adult
Vocational Teaching and Learning.
David Swinscoe - City and Islington College
T44 STEM champions
The STEM Skills Champions are inspiring young

professionals,whohavecompetedinWorldSkillsUK
and now act as role models for young people.
WorldSkills

15:30 -16:30
T48 Experimental EPQs
Talk to EPQ experts about how to run EPQs in the

sciences alongside A levels, giving students an
opportunity to extend and develop beyond the
curriculum.
All
15:00-16:00
Post-16 & Skills
T40 New for 2017- Geology rocks!
15:30-17:00
T49 Teaching the Indians in the Amazon
What if the president of Bolivia had forbidden to eat

the animals in the nature reserve? How you can
survive in Madidi with ecotourism?
Erik Jongejan - AmazonFund-France
www.amazonfund.fr
ESD
16:00-17:00
S08 College of Teaching
Find out the latest from the College of Teaching.

16:00-17:00
T50 Your sustainable schools learning journey
Join us to discover where to find resources and

support for your school.
AnnFinlayson&VictoriaTait-SEEdse-ed.co.uk/edu
@SEEd_Edu
ESD
16:00-17:00
T53 Frontier Science: Protecting human health when we

build on brownfield sites
With the increasing urbanisation and an expanding

population, the UK has a well-publicised need for
housing. If we are to protect the greenbelt we must
use existing urban land i.e. brownfield. The majority
of such areas have legacy contamination from their
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previousindustrialuse.Toprotectthepublichealth,we
mustidentifyanypollutantsatdevelopmentsites.The
assessmentprocessundertakenduringthisevaluation
in the UK is based on risk not hazard. It is important
we maintain this approach to maintain a sustainable
buildingprogramme.Potentialforlearning:Balancing
risk and hazard; Movement of chemicals in the
environment;Exposureassessmentforhumanhealth;
balancinghousingneedwithaccesstoopenspace
Professor Chris Collins - University of Reading
16:00-17:00
S10 Earth Science: ESTA distinguished speaker

16:00-17:00
T52 Is subject knowledge important?
Thereisanargumentthataspectsofscienceshouldbe
taughtbyspecialists.Butwhatistherealityinschools?
Thesubjectknowledgerequiredforeffectiveteaching
will be considered alongside the confidence and
interest of teachers outside their specialism, plus the
Implicationsforstudentsengagementandprogress.
Jane Fieldsend - University of Reading
J.Fieldsend@reading.ac.uk
Post-16 & Skills
11-19
Primary
16:00-17:00
16:00-17:00
Hands-on activities to study about electrostatics.

With innovative, hand-held electrostatic generator
continuous static electricity generation is possible
even in very humid weather.
global.narika.jp
Drop in for a variety of low-cost science hands-on

activities that are used around the world.
Dr S Tunnicliffe & Kathleen Nugent - CASTME
www.castme.online
W53 Hands-on static electricity REPEATED
Practical science
Post-16 & Skills

16:00-17:00
W51 Meet the A level PAGs REPEATED
Hands-on opportunity to trial OCR A level science

Practical science
16:00-17:30
S09 FE TeachMeet
Do you have a top tip to share? Join this informal

sessiontoshareideaswithotherteachers.Thissession
is also available, free, to non-conference delegates.
Teaching & learning
W52 Alan D Tunnicliffe workshop
Practical science
16:00-17:00
T51 STEM career choices in primary
School activities linked to the processes involved in

the manufacture of personal care products and to
the careers of those who work in this industry
Dr Susan Burr & Mrs Kristine Hammond
susanburr952@btinternet.com

16:00-17:30
W54 Using data logging for KS1 & KS2 REPEATED
TrydataloggingequipmentandsoftwareforKS1/2.
Use prepared lesson plans and devise your own
project.Viewresearchevidenceonhowthishandson practical work enhances childrens science
knowledge and skills.
Maggie Morrissey - Technology To Teach Ltd
www.technologytoteach.co.uk@technologytotea
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09:00-12:00
S22 Schools Exhibition
D06 AQA & CLEAPSS Practical Hub networking
Join us for coffee (and cake!) in the AQA Practical

Hub.
Practical science
09:30-10:30
W55 Teaching with mysteries
09:30-10:30
T54 Blank slate or a tangle of preconceptions?
What do 11 year olds really understand about

evolution? Discuss the pre-conceptions that Yr
6 students bring into the classroom and gain
practical guidance on how to overcome common
misconceptions.
Dana Buchan - University of Bath
l.buchan@bath.ac.uk
Teaching & learning
T55 Arbour project - save the planet
Find out how planting trees can confirm topics like

synergism, cooperation, and altruism.
Gregg Klaes - Forge Farm Organics
gregg@forgefarm.com
W56 iPad for science
Around18,000babiesareconceivedeachyearinthe
UK through fertility treatment. Research into novel
hormone kisspeptin may lead to treatments that are
safer and more effective.
Sophie Clarke - Imperial College London
www.yourhormones.info @Soc_Endo
Children who practice the vocabulary of science

while acquiring subject knowledge, are less likely to
become disenchanted with the subject than those
simply taught the subject knowledge and left to
acquirethelexicon.Explorethestrategiesavailableto
supportvocabularyacquisition,leadingtoimproved
engagement and grades.
William Hirst - Williams Games
www.WilliamsGames.org @WilliamsGames7
T63 Teach the language, improve the learning
T58 Classroom messages from physics education research
A whirlwind tour of physics education research

from last 30 years with a focus on the messages for
secondary school teachers.
James de Winter - University of Cambridge
jad26@cam.ac.uk
Teaching & learning
T56 Spaced learning research project
StocksbridgeHighSchoolandtheHallamTeaching
School Alliance are the only schools to be leading
oneoftheEEF/WellcomeTrustseducationalresearch
projects into the application of neuroscience into
education. This talk offers an overview of the highs
and lows: from applying for grants to working with
academic researchers.
Alastair Gittner - Stocksbridge High School
AGittner@stocksbridgehigh.sheffield.sch.uk
Action research
09:30-10:30
W57 KS4 science for lower attainers
Teaching & learning
Primary
09:30-10:30
S15 Brenda Keogh lecture
Teachers including
PaulTylerfromMearns
Primary School Linda
McKee from Antrim
Primary School, Toby
Tyler from Great Moor
Infant Community
School, and Bryony
Turford, an independent consultant, share their
best practice and recommended resources.
ASE
Teaching & learning
09:30-11:00
W58 Earth Science: Exploring rock, soil, water, fossil
Hands on rocks, soils water and fossils.

Chris King - ESTA www.earthscienceeducation.com
Dr Tracey Baxter leads a workshop in strategies to
Practical Science
engage and motivate lower ability students in the
newKS4POSandpreparethemtoenterFoundation
level GCSE and link with new Entry Level Certificates.
Dr Tracey Baxter - Pearson
10:00-11:00
All
09:30-10:30
09:30-10:30
09:30-10:30
09:30-10:30
TheEuropeanTEMIprojectisfoundedonresearchbasedprinciples,incorporatingtheuseofmysteries,
the5Ecycle,presentationskillsandgradualrelease
of responsibility to help improve the quality of
practicalwork.AccessCPD,resourcesandsample
materials
Julie Jordan - Sheffield Hallam University
www.teachingmysteries.eu @teachmysteries
ESD
09:30-10:15
09:30-10:30
09:30-10:00
11-19
T62 BATW: Fertility and the future of IVF
Teachersandstudents
from across the UK
will be showcasing
the STEM from their
classrooms.
SupportedbyScience
on Stage UK.
Teaching & learning
11-19
09:30-10:30
T57 Routes to doing research with your students in

school REPEATED
We support teachers introducing fundamental

researchprojectsinscienceandengineeringthrough
resources and training.
Becky Parker - Institute for Research in Schools
www.researchinschools.org @ResearchInSch
Teaching & learning
Use an iPad to put together a practical report using

09:30-10:30
different media - data collection, graphical analysis,
T61 Health & safety for heads of science
audio, video and animation.
Come and find out how health & safety law should
Jonathan Scott - Stormfront
work in a busy science department.
www.stormfront.co.uk/education @StormfrontEDU
Creative technology
@CLEAPSS
Teaching & learning
W60 Updating CASE as part of a RCT
TheLetsThinkSecondaryScienceprojectinvolved
some 50 schools in a RCT, funded by the EEF.
This session will share the PD model we used, the
data collected and the lessons learned from this
experience.
LTSS tutors - Lets Think Secondary Science
Action research
10:00-11:00
T68 Frontier Science: Muscle medicines - the answers

to all our ills?
A huge number of diseases have been described in

which skeletal muscle is the primary affected tissue.
Someofthesediseasesareoftenfatale.g.Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy which affects 1:4000 live born
males.Furthermore,thereisanassociationofobesity
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and insulin resistance with muscular wasting, a
syndromereferredtoassarcopaenicobesity,which
leads to a higher incidence of frailty-related injuries, in
additiontometabolicdiseasessuchastypeIIdiabetes.
Importantly,thelossofmuscleincancer(cachexia)isa
verypoorprognosticindicator.Aside,witholdage,the
lossofmusclenegativelyimpactsonbodytemperature
regulation and has a great impact on general and
social welfare through a reduction in ambulation.
Dr Keith Foster - University of Reading
10:00-11:00
W62 Lets talk about data
Jo Moules - Millgate House Education

Teaching & learning

10:00-11:00
T70 What is a theory?
The relationship between the terms theory, law,

model, concept, rule, phenomenon, data, and
conclusion.ItwillincludeasubstantialQ&Asection.
John Oversby oversby61@gmail.com
Teaching & learning

10:00-12:00
T71 Personalities in science lessons
ExploretheideasbehindtheEnneagramtypologyof
personalityandappliesthemtoeverydaycontextsin
scienceclassrooms,suchaspracticalactivitiesand
personalised learning strategies.
JaneStill-CompassionateLearning&DrNeilIngram
- University of Bristol
www.compassionatelearning.org @JaneStill2
Teaching & learning
11-19
10:00-11:00
T65 New biologynew practicals REPEATED
Get ideas for simple hands-on practicals that help

studentstounderstandtheexperimentalbasisforthe
modernbiology.Asthepracticalsareinvestigative,the
studentscanalsomakesomediscoveriesoftheirown!
After all, isnt the 21st Century the Age of Biology?
Mary Philpott - CLEAPSS www.cleapss.org.uk
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
11-19
11-19
10:00-11:00
10:45-11:45
T66 Five-year assessment for AQA KS3 and GCSE

REPEATED
This session reveals how a five-year assessment

model can be used to assess, track and intervene
using the Big Ideas from AQAs KS3 and KS3
specifications.
Andrew Chandler-Grevatt - Oxford University Press
www.oxfordsecondary.co.uk/science
@OxfordEdScience

10:00-11:00
T67 How exam standardisation works
Primary
11:00-12:00
W64 Assessing and tracking progress in primary science
10:00-11:00
11:00-12:00
T69 Outcome-based lesson planning through a SOLO lens
Lesson planning is a basic skill that all teachers

mustdevelop.Outcome-basedteachingandlearning
offersastructuretoconstructivelyalignplanningand
assessment.
John Perry - Birmingham City University
john.perry@bcu.ac.uk

10:00-11:30
W61 Yes you can!
PracticalactivitiesthatareNOTbanned.Aselection
ofdemonstrationsfromtheASEsH&SGroupabout
what we can do and the stories behind them.
ASE Health & Safety Group
Practical science
Post-16 & Skills

10:00-11:00
T64 Improve your chemistry exam prep
Worried about supporting your students through

the new linear A level exams? Join OCR for top
examination preparation strategies for the summer
exams.
Electrophoresis that allows DNA separation to be

carriedoutinfiveminuteswithminimalsetuptime.No
harmful stains, casting of gels or long waiting times.
Graeme Coleman - Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Thefutureoffoodisoneofthebiggestchallengeson
our plate. This talk on current research will give an
overview of food security.
Professor Peter Gregory - University of Reading
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Practical science
Vincent Capaldi leads a workshop on developing

investigativeskillstoensureprogressionthroughKS
3 and 4 to prepare students for the new practical
assessment in GCSE Sciences.
Vincent Capaldi - Pearson
This session introduces a robust but manageable

solution to the requirement to accurately assess and
track, pupil progress in science.
Debbie Eccles - Primarily Science
primarilyscience@googlemail.com
Be a part of an AQA standardisation meeting - find

out how AQA ensures that all of our markers mark
our six-mark questions accurately and reliably.
10:00-11:00
W59 Lonza five-minute electrophoresis REPEATED
W63 Investigative Skills for GCSE
T72 - BATW: Food Security
W65 Science meets English
This session explores a creative link-learning.

Dave Allen - Herts for Learning & Namoi Hiscock Primary Science Education Consultancy
11:00-12:00
W66 The foundations of science learning
Meeting at first-hand, big ideas and processes in

science in the Foundation Stage.
Bryony Turford - Primary Science Geeks & Jane
Turner - Collins Education
primarysciencegeeks@gmail.com @priscigeeks
Teaching & learning

11:00-12:00
W67 Particle world for primary
New resources for Particle Physics: the fascinating

worldofparticlesisexplainedwithreferencetocurrent
research,makingitaccessibleforprimarystudents.Try
a range of practical activities that involve developing
science knowledge, as well as artistic and literacy
skills.
Cristina Lazzeroni & Maria Pavlidou - University of
Action research
11:00-12:00
W68 Teaching primary school evolution
A workshop for primary teachers to provide ideas,

background information and confidence to teach
evolution.
Stuart Naylor - Millgate House Education
Teaching & learning
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D05 Smart pickings - a new childrens science book

full of their investigations!
This drop in/book launch will enable teachers to

review the book, gain an insight on its creation and
the way it aims to inspire primary children to ask
questions and pursue their own lines of enquiry.
Come and receive your copy!
Dr Lynne Bianchi - SEERIH The University of
Manchester lynne.bianchi@manchester.ac.uk
@UoMSEERIH
Teaching & learning
T82 Good question!
Giventhatmostquestionsaskedinaprimaryscience
classroom are raised by the teacher, we will explore
waystoengagechildreninthequestioningprocess,
making their own questions the heart of enquiry.
Jude Penny, Russ Shalofsky & Dr Colin Forster University of Gloucestershire
jpenny@glos.ac.uk
Teaching & learning
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T75 What Tim Peake has done for me
Students involved in contact with Tim Peake using

AmateurRadiowilldescribeitsimpactonSTEMintheir
schoolaroundthethemeofBeingWirelessAware.
IanStevensonG3YNU-RadioSocietyofGreatBritain
www.rsgb.org/schools-link-project
11:00-12:00
W69 e-bug: Improving science & health education
Discoverthee-Bugeducationalresources,andhow
e-BugcanassistteachersintheirscienceandPSHE
teaching. e-Bug is linked to the national curriculum in
England and Scotland with direct relevance for both
science and PSHE.
Charlotte Eley - Public Health England
Teaching & learning
climate change; or, most important, the matching

of a pathogen from one part of the world with a
crop in another. The challenge is to keep the rate at
which new diseases emerge manageable. In this,
trade plays a large part, and there are irresoluble
contradictions: open and extensive trade provides
food security, but it also means more new disease
problems.Thechoiceiseffectivelyalreadymade,so
we need to build food systems which are resilient to
frequent emergence of new diseases.
Professor Michael Shaw - University of Reading
11:00-12:00
T81 Frontier Science: Impacts of emerging diseases on

food production
Initially,newdiseasesmaycausecatastrophicharm
to a localarea. As timepasses,systemsand people
adaptandtheimpactisdiffusedandpassedtoendusersashighercostsorreducedchoice.Examples
from round the world illustrate the general pattern.
They also show that emergence of new diseases
seems to be quite frequent. The cause may be a
changeinfarmingsystem-especiallyintensification;
chance adaptation of an existing micro-organism;
S18 People like me - exploring how girls can see

themselves working
happily and successfully in
STEM fields
Discoverhowresources
fromWISEarebeingused
in secondary schools in
KingstonandRichmond
and explore the new
resources being developed for primary schools.
ProfessorAverilMacdonald-UniversityofReading/People
Like Me/ WISE & Alex Farrer - Achieving for Children
www.wisecampaign.org.uk/peoplelikeme
@thewisecampaign
W73 Maths for the new science GCSE
Workshop exploring effective strategies for crosscurricular planning and how to develop students
Maths skills for the GCSE Sciences.
Melanie Ellis - Swavesey Village College & Alan
Denton-CaPe(CambridgeandPeterboroughScience
Learning Partnership)
melsil @swaveseyvc.co.uk
Teaching & learning

11:00-12:00
Ideas and demonstrations with physics apparatus

covering a variety of topics, intended to develop
confidence and try alternative methods.
gnv.auty@gmail.com
Practical science
11:00-12:00
T77 Animated chemistry and climate change
Free to download, short animated videos on

chemistry topics and climate change for GCSE. I
will show examples and tell the exciting story of
FuseSchool.
KeithRoss-ASE/FuseSchoolwww.fuseschool.org
ESD
11:00-12:00
11:00-12:30
T73 Benefits of BYOD Datalogging
Changingthewaystudentsgatherandanalysedata.
Bring your iPad, Android, Chromebook.
Dan Roberts - Instruments Direct dan@inds.co.uk
Creative technology
11:00-12:00
T76 If it doesnt work, its physics REPEATED
11:00-12:30
11:00-12:00
Teaching & learning
11-19
Post-16 & Skills

11:00-12:00
T78 STEM pathways to work at KS5 REPEATED
Discover OCRs specialist vocational pathways

in engineering, environmental, food and human
sciencesforKS5.Utilisingproject-basedlearningto
engage learners.
11:00-12:30
D04 Web-based learning resources for proteins
Exploretheseweb-basedresourcesdevelopedwith
thePDBetolearnaboutproteinstructureandfunction
in post-16 chemistry and biology
DrPeterHoare-NewcastleUniversity&DrMatthew
Conroy - Protein Data Bank In Europe
www.ncl.ac.uk/chemistry/outreach/resources/pdbe
@PHoare1963 @PDBeurope
Teaching & learning
T80 Required practical activities: AQA separate sciences

REPEATED
Summarises the practicals and describes the

resources available for teachers, technicians and
students.
Practical science
11:00-12:00
T83 Student-led research in school
A summary of cutting edge initiatives we have

used successfully, including a project combining
community tick collection and DNA analysis to
investigate Lyme disease.
Simon Lewis & Dr Jeremy Rowe - Thomas Hardye
School slewis@thomas-hardye.net
Practical science
11:00-12:00
school.
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
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T74 AQA question writing workshop REPEATED
Aworkshopforteacherswhowanttounderstandthe
constructionofquestionsinGCSEandAlevelpapers.
Thissessionwillcoverbiology,chemistryandphysics.

11:30-12:15
T85 BATW: Influenza and vaccination
Influenza: discoveries and outbreaks.

ProfessorWendyBarclay-ImperialCollege,London
11:30-12:30
T84 The latest developments in microchemistry

REPEATED
Low-cost and quickly performed procedures to

enhancestudentschemistryexperienceinallpartsof
chemical education and add variety to your lessons.
Bob Worley - CLEAPSS www.cleapss.org.uk
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
11:30-13:00
W71 Earth Science: The dynamic rock cycle

Rock cycle for KS3 Earth science
Chris King - ESTA
Practical Science

All
12:00-13:00
T86 A five-year joined-up approach REPEATED
AQA is supporting teaching and learning from years

7-11, so that all students have the opportunity to
realise their potential at KS4 and beyond.
12:00-13:00
T87 Frontier Science: Reducing cardiovascular disease

risk through replacement of saturated fat in milk and
dairy products: The RESET study
TheUKadultpopulationcurrentlyexceedsthedietary
recommendation for saturated fatty acid (SFA)
intake,akeymodifiableriskfactorforcardiovascular
disease(CVD).Dairyproductsareregularlytargeted
asastrategyforSFAreduction.However,restricting
dairyintakecouldleadtoinadequatedietaryintakes
of micronutrients and protein. Alteration of the fatty
acid profile of milk is a potential sustainable means
of reducing SFA intake at a population level, whilst
retaining the beneficial components of milk. In the
context of the Medical Research Council-funded
RESEThumaninterventionstudy,theimpactoffatty
acid-modified dairy product consumption on key
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indicators of CVD risk will be discussed.

Dr Oonagh Markey - University of Reading
12:00-13:00
12:00-13:00
This session introduces an innovative EU project

involving teachers, university researchers and
performanceartistsworkingtogetherondeveloping
activities to engage young people with science.
Jon James - University of Bristol & Leanne Gunn Science Made Simple
Jon.James@bristol.ac.uk @performstem
T88 SF as a part of science teaching
In this session will discuss the possibility of

implementingthecontentsofSFliteratureandfilmin
the teaching of natural sciences.
Dr Milan Stojkovic - Evangelical Middle School,
Hochkirch, Germany www.evmsh.de
Action research
Action research
12:00-13:00
W74 Light - capturing the fastest thing in the Universe!
Afreebooklaunchworkshopwhereeveryattendee
will make a 6-month duration exposure pinhole
cameraandexploreinnovativewaystoinflictphoton
fun!
Justin Quinnell with Millgate House Education
www.pinholephotography.org @justin_quinnell
Creative technology
T90 The PERFORM project using performing arts to

engage young people with science
12:00-13:00
W75 Using science to save species from extinction
An interactive curriculum linked workshop, using

real-life scientific case studies from the world of zoo
conservationscience,plusideasandresourcesfor
your classroom.
Chester Zoo chesterzoo.org/education
@learnatCZ
Teaching & learning
Post-16 & Skills

12:00-13:00
T93 Improve your physics exam prep

exams.
11-19
12:00-13:00
school.
@CLEAPSS
12:00-13:00
T91 Maths in the new AQA GCSE sciences
A session giving details of how mathematics will

be assessed in AQAs new GCSE sciences, with
detailsofthecomprehensiveresourcesthatAQAhas
developed.

12:00-13:00
W76 Really working scientifically!
Our workshop develops skills and confidence in

leadingandassessingprogressinmeaningfulenquiry
scienceatKS3&4.Teacher-trialledresourcestotake
away.
Andri Christodoulou - University of Southampton &
Ruth Amos - UCL Institute of Education
A.Christodoulou@soton.ac.uk
sites.google.com/site/parrisefp7
12:00-13:00
W77 Assess, track and report progress
Ed Walsh explore strategies and tools to measure,

track and report students progress in science.
learning from 11 - 16
Ed Walsh - Pearson
Primary
12:15-13:45
D05 Primary pop-up
Come and join us for an informal celebration of

inspirational ideasfortheclassroom.Teachersfrom
acrosstheUKgettogetherandsharegreat practice,
activities and ideas you can put into practice simply
and easily.
PrimaryScienceTeachers&ASEPrimaryCommittee
Practical science
Practical Science
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12:15-13:00
T94 BATW: Games of thrones - conflict & cooperation

from fish to finance
GametheoryexplainsAnimalBehaviour,Economics,
andPolitics.Wellseehowanimalsevolvedtoresolve
conflicts, and apply this to humans. Rock, paper,
scissors, anyone?
Dr Rupert Marshall - Aberystwyth University
www.asab.org/education @ASABeducation
12:30-13:30
W78 Literacy in science
Canyourstudentsthink,talkandwriteasscientists?
Sofia Ali shares strategies to develop students
abilities to become scientific communicators and
tackle the extended open response questions with
confidence.
Sofia Ali - Pearson
Teaching & learning
All
12:30-14:00
S12 Wellcome Trust Teachers Reception
Join the Wellcome

Trust education team
for drinks, nibbles and
anupdateonresources
to support science
teaching and learning.
Wellcome Trust www.wellcome.ac.uk
Teaching & learning
13.00-14.00
W79 #ASEchat TweetUp
A tweetup is an event where people who Twitter

come together to meet in person. Meet others from
the #ASEchat network or simply come along to find
out more.
ASE & teachers
habitat destruction, climate change, and pollution,

with profound effects on wildlife. This has the
potentialtoaffecttheserviceswederivefromnature,
onwhichwedepend;forexample,foodproduction,
climate regulation, waste decomposition and even
our mental health Long term monitoring data are
essential to track and understand these changes in
species that we depend upon. Many such data are
collected by trained volunteers (i.e. citizen science
data), and their analysis can provide essential
evidenceontheimpactsofhumanactions,aswellas
waystoinformmoresustainablemanagementofthe
environment.
Dr Tom Oliver - University of Reading
13:00-14:00
W82 Edible education: a creative and systems approach

to bigger-than-self issues
Anti-food waste organisation This is Rubbish uses

creativeactivitiestointroduceclimatechange.Explore
howtheschoolgarden(howeversmall)canbeused
for teaching science.
Poppy Flint
ESD
Post-16 & Skills

13:00-14:00
T98 Wonderful and useful animation for teaching

organic chemistry
A visual tour of countless animations to teach

aboutreactionmechanisms,isomerism,resonance,
inductive effects and almost every topic taught at
ages 15-18 years.
Roger Frost - Roger Frost Organic Chemistry
organic.rogerfrost.com
Creative technology
11-19
Teaching & learning
13:00-14:00
13:00-14:00
Dr Tracey Baxter leads a workshop in how to stretch

and challenge higher ability students to gain their full
potential in the new Higher Tier GCSE exams.
Dr Tracey Baxter - Pearson
W81 KS4 science for higher attainers
T96 Is that me? Teacher self-awareness
Using ideas from workplace psychology to explore

ways of developing greater self-awareness of
communication and behaviour when teaching.
David Shakespeare - Square 2 Learning
www.square2learning.co.uk
Teaching & learning
13:00-14:00
T97 Frontier Science: Using biological records to

understand the impacts of environmental change on
wildlife
Humansarealteringthenaturalenvironmentthrough

13:00-14:00
W80 Origami Organelles
Comealongandmakeyourveryownpapermodelof
amitochondrion!Youwillseethepowerhouseofthe
cell in a whole new light.
Dr Dominic Delaney - Discovering DNA
www.discoveringdna.com/product-category/origamiorganelles/ @discoveringdna
Teaching & learning
11-19
13:00-14:00
@SAPS_news
Practical science
13:00-14:00
S16 Meeting the mathematical demands in the new

GCSE science exams
This session will

explore the increased
mathematical
demands of the new
science GCSE and
consider effective
ways to tackle these
challenges for 7-9 grade, as well as 4-5 grade,
students. Alessio will also introduce delegates to
CollaboratEdsprovenmethodologyfordeveloping
problem-solving skills, the TRIAL Model.
Alessio Bernardelli - CollaboratEd
CollaboratEd1@gmail.com @Collaborat_Ed
Teaching & learning

13:00-14:00
T95 BEST evidence science teaching
The BEST Evidence Science Teaching project aims

to produce evidence-informed resources that will
helpteachersaddresssomeofthekeychallengesin
teaching Science 11-14.
JudithBennett&MaryWhitehouse-UniversityofYork
Science Education Group (UYSEG)
uyseg@york.ac.uk @UYSEG
Teaching & learning
13:00-14:00
T100 School farms - looking to the future
A discussion will be held concerning the future

of agricultural, horticultural and environmental
educationinsecondaryschools,withtheintroduction
of the SFNEA and CICs.
Geoff Carr - Chipping Campden School & School
Farms Network Educational Alliance
gcarr@ccsacademy.net

13:00-14:00
W84 Schemes of curiosity - bringing science back to

life - REPEATED
PrecedingOfstedsMaintainingCuriosityreport,our
science department set about transforming their
science curriculum. We wanted to bring science
alive for all students. Hear about how we plan initial
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ideas, to how we ensure a love of science through
engagement,differentiation,rigourandassessment.

13:00-15:00
T99 Practical solutions: AQA combined science

REPEATED
Explores cheaper and simpler ways to carry out the

requiredpracticalactivitiesalongwithsuggestionsto
enrich and enhance practical work.
Practical science
13:30-14:15
T101 BATW: Making sense of stress in the wild
Stress is a fuzzy word that means different things to

differentpeople.Wewillexplorewhatstressmeansin
anenvironmentalcontext;howwemeasureit;andthe
difficulties in distinguishing good from bad stress.
Dr Kimberley Bennett - Abertay University
The Physiological Society www.physoc.org
www.abertay.ac.uk @ThePhySoc @AbertaySci
Primary
14:00-15:00
T102 Primary science - practical work is fun, exciting

and memorable
AtCLEAPSSprimarywedesignourexcitingandsafe
practicals so that children can do all, or close to all, of
thehands-onworkforthemselves.Thisworkshopis
a circus of practical activities to try and take away, all
using easily accessible and easy-to-use materials.
Jason Harding - CLEAPSS www.cleapss.org.uk
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
Primary
14:00-15:00
14:00-15:00
Drawing from inquiries, classroom dialogue and

teacher reflections, we will share what we are
learning about the characteristics of formative
assessment during science inquiry.
DrNatashaSerret-KingsCollege,London&Jason
Harding - CLEAPSS assistme.ku.dk
Professor Danielle
George begins a
second year as ASE
President. Join her for
a stimulating view on
contemporaryscience.
Teaching & learning
W90 Creating opportunities for formative assessment

during primary science inquiries
Teaching & learning

14:00-15:00
T204 Primary science homework: a pencil-free

approach
Colin Forster - University of Gloucestershire

cforster@glos.ac.uk
Teaching & learning

14:00-15:00
W92 Have they got it? REPEATED
This workshop will share work done by a group of

ASEmemberstobreakdowntheNationalCurriculum
statementsintocleardescriptorsanddevelopshort,
fun activities for teachers to use with small groups
of children where they just want to check have they
got it?
Jane Turner - Collins Education
j.turner@herts.ac.uk @PSQMTurner
14:00-15:00
Evolution, fossils and Earth processes in action.

Chris King - ESTA
Practical science
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A chance to get hands on, carry out new and
excitingpracticalsandevenmakeequipmentto
take back to school.
@CLEAPSS
Practical science
14:00-15:00
W89 Hands-on with mechanics REPEATED
Photogates are easy to control and simple to set up

to experiment with measuring speed, acceleration
and even lap time. Use them to learn about impact,
collision, velocity measure, free fall motion, and
energy transformation from potential to kinetic.
global.narika.jp
14:00-15:00
14:00-15:30
Come explore strategies for linking science and

literacy that support students abilities to read, write,
and discuss in the context of science and inquirybased learning using fiction and non-fiction texts.
Hands-onexamplesofhowsciencesupportsliteracy
and literacy supports science.
BillBadders-NationalScienceTeachersAssociation,
baddersb@roadrunner.com @baddersb
14:00-15:00
Introducing an EXPLORE phase within a learning

sequencehasprovedeffectiveinimprovingoutcomes
for learners, as they work scientifically.
NicolaBeverley-NicolaBeverleyConsultancy&Su
Martin - Brookhill Leys Primary School
nicbev@live.co.uk @NicolaBeverley1
Alex Sinclair - St Marys University
W87 Linking science and literacy for improved student

outcomes
11-19
Practical science
W94 EXPLORE: better science
Practical science
S13 ASE Presidents address
14:00-15:00
14:00-15:00
W85 Is Darwin the missing link?
All
W88 Earth Science: Active Earth living fossil
Practical Science

affordable new practicals for GCSE and Alevel. So drop in.
@SAPS_news
Practical science
14:15 -15:00
T103 BATW: New horizons in stem cell research
Researchintostemcelltreatmenthasmadeheadlines
in recent years, often dubbed the miracle cure to
life-changingdiseases.Thistalkdiscussestheexciting
new pathways into cell therapies, and the resultant
life-changing regenerative medicines that can be
produced.Withtheuseofembryonicstemcellshigh
ontheethicalandpoliticalagendasofmanycountries,
thissessionwillalsoexploretheinnovativealternatives
to embryonic stem cell therapies.
Dr Julie Holder - Roslin Cell Sciences
www.abpischools.org.uk @ABPI_UK
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T108 BATW: Plant disease - the human story
From the Romans to the Potato Famine, this talk

explores the human story behind plant disease.
Perfect for the new GCSE plant disease topic.
Professor Gary Foster - University of Bristol.
Supported by SAPS. www.saps.org.uk
@SAPS_news
15:00-16:00
T105 OneNote in science practicals
Recent developments in Microsoft OneNote can

facilitate the development of practical skills in
Science classes.
Neil Ingram - Graduate School of Education,
University of Bristol neil.ingram@bristol.ac.uk
#OneNoteEDU
preloadedEasySensesoftware.WorkshopPCsare
also available.
Practical science
15:00-16:00

affordable new practicals for GCSE and A level. So
drop in.
@SAPS_news
Practical science
Practical science
15:00-16:00
15:00-16:00
school.
@CLEAPSS
W97 We think everyone should be able to solder!
Electricalandelectroniccircuitsoughttobeproperly
joined up! The session will have two distinct parts.
1. A review of available kits for STEM Clubs. 2. An
opportunity to develop your soldering repair skills
using a range of simple components.
Practical science
Practical Science
15:00-16:00
W102 Hands-on static electricity REPEATED
15:00-16:00
W98 Einstein 10-minute datalogging
A circus of innovative but easy to run Einstein

dataloggingexperiments.Designedtotakethefear
and setup time out of datalogging.
Graeme Coleman - SLS Select Education
Sales@science2education.co.uk
www.science2education.co.uk @SLS_SE
Practical science
Hands-on activities to study about electrostatics.

With innovative, hand-held electrostatic generator
continuous static electricity generation is possible
even in very humid weather.
global.narika.jp
Practical science
15:00-16:00
T111 Pinch points: planned intervention in science

education REPEATED
15:00-16:00
S14 CERG: Inclusive practice, how far has science

education come since the Warnock report?
The lecture will look at the extent to which the notion

of inclusive practice, with specific reference to
provision for SEND but also at social inclusion more
widely, has impacted upon science teaching, and
exploresomeofthebarrierswhichcontinuetoprevail
in science education.
Dr Jane Essex - Brunel University London
Action research
Therearekeyconceptsinsciencethatstudentsmust
understandtobecomegoodscientists.Thissession
explores how Pinch Points can be used to identify
the type of misunderstanding and offer appropriate
intervention strategies.
AndrewChandler-Grevatt-OxfordUniversityPress
@OxfordEdScience

15:00-16:00
T112 Engage all abilities at KS4 REPEATED
15:00-16:00
W99 GCSE skills and data logging REPEATED
Data logging is within the new specifications and

skills assessment. Explore integrating Data logging
with assessment. Bring your iPad, Android or PC
BuildacurriculumusingOCRsnewGCSESeparate
andCombinedSciencesplusEntryLevelScienceto
enthuse students of all abilities at KS4.
11-19
15:00-16:00
T113 Developing your science team
Becca Knowles - STEM Learning

www.stem.org.uk @knowles_becca
Professional learning journey

15:00-16:00
T114 Improving gender balance in physics
Increase the numbers of girls taking physics A level

through activities that help students develop their
science identity, whole school equality work and
inclusive teaching techniques.
Jessica Rowson - Institute of Physics
jessica.rowson@iop.org @takeonphysics;
@rowsonjessica
All
15:00-16:00
T104 Setting up real research in schools
StudentsinruralNYorksrarelyseerealscientistsand
theirwork.Ourprojectgivesthemchancetoconduct
novel research - how are we getting on?
ColinInglis-BoroughbridgeHighSchool&TerryKirk
-NorthYorkshireMicrobiologyResearchinSchools
Hub fun.science.ny@gmail.com
@funNY_science
Practical science
15:00-16:00
T106 Frontier Science: Inspired by nature - using weak

bonds to make new materials
This talk will describe how chemists are now able to

mimicnatureanduseweaknon-covalentinteractions
to generate new polymeric materials that are
dynamic and able to heal themselves when subject
to damage. Simple chemistries have been used
to make short polymer chains that feature sticky
yet reversible chain ends and these allow infinite
networks to form thus generating robust rubbery
materials. These materials have been found to be
biocompatible and also adhesive in nature leading
to the next generation of surface coatings such as
healablewounddressingsordrugdeliverysystems.
Professor Wayne Hayes - University of Reading
15:00-16:00
T107 Engaging with outreach: funding opportunities for

schools
Biochemical Society www.biochemistry.org
@biochemsoc
Teaching & learning
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15:00-16:30
W96 Develop scientific enquiry skills
Designandconstructsolarcar/boatwithSolar-active
solarcellwithsignificantoutputondulldays.Useour
problem-solving approach to raise STEM subjects
attainment.
David Garlovsky - Solar-Active
www.solar-active.com @solar_active
Practical science
15:00-16:30
T110 Culturally enriched curricula
Rukhsana Yaqoob - Independent Educational

Consultant & Marianne Cutler - ASE
info@ce4tf.org @CE4tF
ESD
Primary
15:00-16:00
W95 A lifelong impact in 1 hour with PS REPEATED
Experience for yourself how in just a few hours

Discovery Corner Netherlands makes a lifelong
impact on children in the Primary age.
Bert Nagel - SimpleScience
leraar24/ontdekhoek
bertnagel123@hotmail.com
Practical science
15:00-16:00
T109 Learning counter-intuitive concepts
Understanding new conceptsisoftenlimited bythe

abilitytoinhibitpre-existingideas.Explorewhythisis
so and how it might be addressed.
ProfessorAndyTolmie-UCLInstituteofEducation&
Professor Derek Bell - Learnus unlocke.org
@UnLockeCEN
Action research
15:15-16:15
T79 Its not just about the knowledge!
You will receive practical advice and support

materialsaimedathelpingbothteachersandchildren
embed the skills of working scientifically in every
science lesson.
Nicky Waller - Centre for Industry Education
Collaboration (CIEC), University of York
www.ciec.org.uk ciec@york.ac.uk @ciecyork
15:15-16:15
T115 Drama scripts inspiring scientific enquiry
How can scientific drama scripts prompt children

to pose questions and develop opportunities
for scientific enquiry? A recent research project
investigates the possibilities.
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David Allen - University of Hertfordshire/ASE
d.allen21@herts.ac.uk
Teaching & learning
11-19

16:00-17:00
15:15-16:15
W103 Focused assessment: practical examples from TAPS
PracticalexplorationofWorkingScientificallyfocused
assessmentresourcesfromtheTeacherAssessment
in Primary Science (TAPS) project including plans,
examples and CPD moderation activities.
Sarah Earle - Bath Spa Institute for Education
s.earle@bathspa.ac.uk @PriSciEarle

15:15-16:15
W104 Exploring chemistry in SEND schools
Come and test six chemistry practicals specifically

developedforuseinSENDclasseswithawideability
range. Funded by The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dr Sarah Bearchell - John Watson School
sarah@bearchell.co.uk @SarahBearchell
Practical science
15:15-16:15
W105 Rocks & fossils with Lottie Fossil Hunter doll
Take a trip back to the Jurassic with Lottie Fossil

Hunter doll to explore how rocks and fossils can be
taught at EYFS and KS1.
Dr Anjana Khatwa Ford - Jurassic Coast World
HeritageTeamwww.jurassiccoast.org@jurassicg1rl
Practical science
11-19
15:30-16:30
W106 The new BTEC Tech Award in STEM
Come and hear about the new BTEC Level 2 STEM

TechnicalAwardwhichgivesstudentsanopportunity
tostudySTEMsubjectsandcountsinperformance
tables from 2019.
Dr Elena Softley - Pearson

15:45-16:30
T116 BATW: The joy of discovering life on Earth
This talk will discuss how life on Earth is discovered

and described, a process that is critical in
understanding and protecting the natural world.
Society for Experimental Biology
16:00-17:00
T118 Developing a five-year plan for science
EffectivedepartmentsnowplanKS3andGCSEasa
fiveyearcourse.Explorehowprogressioninconcept
and process can build for success at GCSE.
W108 Earth Science: Investigating Earths structure
Earths structure without misconceptions interactive activities.

Chris King - ESTA
Practical science
16:00-17:00
W109 Cards for AS/A2 Organic Chemistry
Organicchemistryisadifficultareaofthespecification
formanystudents.Thesecardactivitieswillchallenge
and enhance learning, as well as being fun!
Hazel Shirley - Nonsuch High School
hazel.shirley@btinternet.com
Teaching & learning

16:00-17:00
T121 Roots, eats, soils and leaves REPEATED
Microbiologypracticalsthatdemonstrateadiversity
ofactivitiesinnatureusingselectiveandenrichment
culturemethodsandmicroscopyinastraightforward,
safe and stimulating manner.
DrJohnGrainger-MicrobiologyinSchoolsAdvisory
Committee (MiSAC) microbe@misac.org.uk
Practical science
16:00-17:00
T124 Particle Zoo and Feynman diagrams
The classification of elementary particles will be

reviewed,includingtheconceptsofbaryon,hadron,
meson,strangenessandthequarkmodel.Thetheory
of Feynman diagrams and their usage for A Level
particlephysicswillberevisited,withparticularfocus
on propagators and virtual particles.
Cristina Lazzeroni - University of Birmingham
c.lazzeroni@bham.ac.uk
Action research
All
16:00-17:00
T119 Frontier Science: Teenage kicks - puberty and

health in medieval England
Adolescence spans a period of sexual maturation

(puberty)andthephysicalandpsychologicaltransition
toadulthood.Adverseconditionssuchaspoornutrition,
exposure to pollutants, extreme physical exertion,
psychological stress, or chronic illness can alter the
tempoofpuberty,delayingmenarcheingirls.Recent
research at Reading devised a new method to trace
puberty in human skeletal remains. Analysis of over
900medievalteenagersrevealedthat,whilechildren
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Primary
were entering the growth spurt as the same time

as their modern peers, their lifestyles, exposure to
infectionandenvironmentseverelydelayedthetimeit
took to complete their maturation.
Dr Mary Lewis - University of Reading
16:00-17:00
W110 ASE Presidents workshop
ContinuetheideasraisedinthePresidentsAddress
in this discussion-based workshop
ASE @TheASE
Teaching & learning

16:00-17:00
T120 Im reading science for the fun of it
Promoting Reading for Pleasure is a priority in our

schools-butwhataboutpromotingScienceReadingfor
Pleasure?Thissessionofferssomeinterestingideas.
Ruth Jarman - Queens University Belfast
r.jarman@qub.ac.uk
Teaching & learning

16:00-17:30
W107 ASE TeachMeet
Do you have a top classroom tip to share? Or do

you want to find out what works for other teachers?
This informal session gives you the chance to share
effectivepractice.Thissessionisalsoavailable,free,
to non-conference delegates.
ASE & teachers
Teaching & learning

16:00-18:00
S17 Talking science debate
Professor David
Read, University of
Southampton, chairs
a debate on Benefits
of and barriers
to incorporating
independentresearch
projects into the
curriculum. Join hosts the Institute of Physics, the
RoyalSociety,theRoyalSocietyofBiology,theRoyal
Society of Chemistry and the Wellcome Trust, for a
debate and wine.
Education Policy Alliance
16:30-17:30
W112 Planning for impact
Practical session to plan for meaningful and

sustainable change in primary science leadership
focussingontheissuesyouhaveinyourownschool.
Jane Turner - Primary Science Quality Mark
psqm@herts.ac.uk @PSQM_HQ
Action research
16:30-17:30
W113 Using The Crunch kit for assessment
Thisworkshopwillenableprimaryteacherstousethe
activities and resources in The Crunch kit to assess
pupils learning, especially in working scientifically.
Louise Stubberfield - Wellcome Trust
thecrunch.wellcome.ac.uk @WTeducation

16:30-17:30
W91 Science with picture books?
Oursessionaimstounderstandwhichfictionalbooks
to choose and how to design learning situations
rooted on their plot, in primary science education.
Catherine Bruguiere & Dr Sue Dale Tunnicliffe University College London c.bruguiere@ucl.ac.uk
Teaching & learning

16:30-17:30
T125 Becoming an effective subject leader
The primary science subject leader survival

guide written by members of the primary science
community gives advice and guidance to subject
leaders of all levels of experience
Lois Kelly & Liz Lawrence - ASE Primary Committee
kellyconsultingandtraining@gmail.com

16:30-17:30
W114 CREST Star primary investigations
Thishands-onworkshopwillincludenewadditionsto
ourprimaryprogramme,andgiveyouthechanceto
try new activities and resources.
Maria Rossini & Alex Blatherwick - British Science
Association
www.britishscienceassociation.org/crest-star
@crest_star
Practical science
16:30-17:30
W115 Curiosity in primary maths and science
Linking primary maths and science appears

straightforward.However,powerfullinksenablecurious
youngmindsandthereforelearninginbothsubjects.
Alan Cross - Manchester Institute of Education &
Alison Borthwick - Norfolk County Council
alan.cross@manchester.ac.uk
4 out of 5 of the
workshops that
I experienced
were brilliant and
have enhanced or
will enhance the
teaching of science
in my school.
Conference delegate
Plan your personal

Conference programme at
www.ase.org.uk/annualconference
Teaching & learning
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09:30-10:00
D07 AQA & CLEAPSS Practical Hub networking
Joinusforcoffee(andcake!)intheAQAPracticalHub.
Practical science
09:30-10:30
S19 ASE AGM
JointheTrusteesandShaunReason,ChiefExecutive,
to hear about ASEs work in 2016 and discuss the
plans for 2017.
ASE @TheASE
09:30-10:30
W116 New researchers
Researching your own classroom practice: getting

started.
Deb McGregor - ASE Research Group
Action research
Post-16 & Skills

09:30-10:30
W120 Meet the A level PAGs REPEATED
Hands-on opportunity to trial OCR A level science

Practical science
Primary
Primary
All
terms science lessons.

DebbieHicks-FarmingandCountrysideEducation
(FACE)debbie@face-online.org.uk @FACEonline
Practical science
09:30-10:30
T126 Tinker tailor robot Pi - pedagogical approaches to

primary engineering
Interested in finding out how 12 schools have been

integrating engineering Habits of Mind into the
primary and KS3 curriculum. This research and
curriculum development project explores the what
andhowofengineeringinschoolclassroomstoday.
Dr Jon Chippindall - University of Manchester &
Shane Nolan - Christ the King Primary School
jonathan.chippindall@manchester.ac.uk
@UoMSEERIH
Teaching & learning
09:30-10:30
W157 Primary Science: A practical approach
TheteamatCCCUhaverecentlypublishedthethird
edition of the highly successful Primary science: a
practical guide (Sage). This session will showcase
some of the approaches including drama, science
fromstories,assessmentwithoutlevelsandtherole
ofoutsidelearning,andwillshowhowtoincorporate
all these elements within an engaging learning
experience.
Hellen Ward - Canterbury Christ Church University
Every garden is an individual fragment of a larger

whole,anurbanecosystemstructuredbythetastes
and choices of millions of home owners. How do
we choose to interact with nature, and what are the
effects on wildlife? Today we will explore just one
element,consideringtheecologicalconsequences
of our spending almost 250M per year on food
for garden birds. This is an enormous ecological
perturbation,anunintendedexperiment,takingplace
ineveryothergardeninthecountry.Dobirdsbenefit?
Whathappenstootherspecies?Canwedoitbetter?
Professor Mark Fellowes - University of Reading
10:00-11:00
T182 Science with confidence - being & becoming a VIP

scientist
ThedevelopmentofVIPpedagogywithinaGlasgow
school - exposition of the Science argumentation
toolkitused,togetherwithexamplesofactivitiesand
personal testimony.
Robert Collins - University of Strathclyde
r.collins@strath.ac.uk
Teaching & learning

10:00-11:00
T179 A five-year joined-up approach REPEATED
AQA is supporting teaching and learning from years

7-11, so that all students have the opportunity to
realise their potential at KS4 and beyond.
Practical science
09:30-10:30
09:30-10:30
10:00-11:00
Sharingoftheexemplificationmaterialsproducedby
thePanLondonAssessmentNetworkandadditional
support materials to enable subject leaders to use
them effectively.
Naomi Hiscock - Primary Science Education
Consultancy
Come and find out, discuss and explore practical

activitiesonthewhy,whereandhowofcarryingout
STEM in the primary classroom and beyond.
Joy Parvin - Centre for Industry Education
Collaboration (CIEC), University of York
T177 Moderating science assessments

09:30-10:30
W117 Teaching very young scientists: enhancing

scientific learning in EYFS
This session provides ideas and activities used in

the early years to develop the Understanding of the
Worldarea of the foundation stage.
Debbie Eccles - Primarily Science
primarilyscience@googlemail.com

09:30-10:30
W118 Science from the farm
A practical session exploring why, where and how

food and farming can be used as the theme for a
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W119 Why do STEM in primary schools?
Practical science
09:30-10:30
W121 Primary iPad data logging (1)
AworkshoptoexplorehowiPadandAndroiddevices
can work with dataloggers. EasySense software is
freefromwww.data-havest.co.ukortherelevantapp
store. Workshop PCs are also available.
Practical science
All
10:00-11:00
T183 Frontier Science: Kites, crows and calories
T181 Strengthening assessment for learning through a

MOOC
ThissessionbuildsontheFuturelearnAfLgMOOC,
developedbyChrisHarrisonandDylanWiliam,which
runs for 6 weeks from 31 November 31 2016. This
session will provide opportunity for those who have
done the AfL MOOC to come along and share their
experiences and to think about What Next!
Chris Harrison - Kings College London
@ASEchairChris

10:00-11:00
W122 Three-act science - revolution!
Three Act Science - A way of transforming science

learning in the classroom. This is a development
of the work of Dan Meyers 3 Act Maths. A way of
delivering science that provokes curiosity as well as
challengingtheirbeliefsystemsandmisconceptions.
Neil Atkin - Revolution Education CPD
www.neilatkin.com @natkin
Practical science
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10:00-11:00
10:00-11:00
non-required practical work for biology.
Learnnewapproachestoteachinggenetics.These
well thought out kits need no preparation and are
simple to use. Come and try them for yourself!
Dr Dominic Delaney - Discovering DNA
www.discoveringdna.com/product-category/lab-aids/
@OrigamiCells
W124 Biology CPAC best practice REPEATED
Practical science
Primary
W125 Teaching genetics with Lab-aids
Practical science
10:00-11:00
T180 Teaching evolution at primary school
This session will discuss a PhD project in which an

assessmenttoolandteachinginterventionhasbeen
developed and trialled with Yr 6 children.
Jennifer McGowan-Smyth - University of Oxford
10:00-11:00
T185 Numeracy and literacy in GCSE sciences
GCSE students will need a sound grasp of

mathematicalskillsandbeabletoproduceextended
writtenresponses.Thisworkshopwillsomeexplore
practical strategies.
10:00-11:00
Teaching & learning
Throughthisinnovativesetofresources,pupilsaged
9 to 11 learn about Dr Edward Jenners pioneering
work with smallpox vaccination and the impact of
vaccinations today.
ASE & Wellcome Trust
www.schoolscience.co.uk/
whyyoullnevercatchsmallpox
10:00-11:00
W123 Why youll never catch smallpox
Teaching & learning
T178 Required practical activities: AQA separate sciences

REPEATED
Summarises the practicals and describes the

resources available for teachers, technicians and
students.
Practical science
T184 From genetics to genomics
GCSEandAlevelbiologystudentsnowneedtoknow
aboutgenomicsanditsimportance.Comealongto
findoutaboutteachingapproachesandresources.
AlistairMoore-UniversityofYorkScienceEducation
Group&FrancescaGale-WellcomeGenomeCampus
Public Engagement
www.uyseg.org @amUYSEG
Teaching & learning
T185 Numeracy and literacy in GCSE sciences

Teaching & learning
W127 Dark Matter - Modern physics for GCSE and A level
JamesDeWinter&AlanDenton-PerimeterInstitute
www.perimeterinstitute.ca @Perimeter
Teaching & learning

10:00-11:00
W128 Extending senses using tactile diagrams
Sighted and visually impaired learners can benefit

from tactile diagrams in this highly interactive
session.
10:00-11:00
Following the sequencing of the human genome,

there has been an explosion of information and
technology allowing us all to peer inside our
genomes. This has the potential to change the way
we look at ourselves, how we understand human
health and, in the longer term, the possibility of
engineering humanity. In this talk I will cover the
background to the human genome project and
explain some of the techniques used to extract
information from DNA, as well as developing into
examples(bothgoodandbad)ofhowthisinformation
can be applied and misapplied.
Dr Patrick Lewis - University of Reading
11:00-12:00
S20 Neil Monteiro

Neil returns to the ASE
Annual Conference
duetopopulardemand
for his startling and
inspiring show. Neil
studied Physics at
Imperial College
London before going
on to deliver talks and workshopsin theReach Out
LabaspartoftheCollegesoutreachprogramme.His
interactivelectureusesamixofphysics,psychology
andillusions to illustrate the weirder side of science.
Neil Monteiro www.neilmonteiro.com
Practical science
10:00-11:00
10:00-11:00
ASE & The Wellcome Trust
Engaging ways to look at renewable and nonrenewableenergysourceswithinthecontextofecosystems and atmospheric science, from everyday
living to envisioning the future.
Deirdre Raffan & Ann MacGarry - Centre for
Alternative Technology learning.cat.org.uk
ESD
11-19
10:00-11:00
W126 Energy choices - how can we go?
All
Teaching & learning
11:00-12:00
W130 Sharing research journeys
This poster presentation sessions gives you the

chancetohearfromscienceeducatorsownresearch.
ToshareyourownpostercontactDebMcGregorby1
December 2016.
Deb McGregor - ASE Research Group
p0076667@brookes.ac.uk
Action research
11:00-12:00
W133 Keeping on top of topical science
T186 The revised Edexcel IGCSEs REPEATED
The principles of Topical Science underlie most

sciencecurriculumsandensurethescienceweteach
isrelevant.Thisisessentialforengagingandinspiring
thescientists,engineersandinventorsofthefuture.
Paul Tyler - Mearns Primary School
Teaching & learning
11:00-12:30
10:30-11:30
Comeandhearabouttherevisedcontent,structure
and assessments of Edexcels IGCSEs and the
support available.
Damian Riddle - Pearson
All
11:00-12:00
T190 Frontier Science: My genome and me
W129 Student personalities: the enneagram
Theenneagramhasbeenusedsincethe1960sas
aneffectivetoolforbuildingworkingrelationships.Its
9personalitiesarecopingstrategiestodealwithfear,
anger, and feelings of inadequacy.
JaneStill-CompassionateLearning&DrNeilIngram
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- The Graduate School of Education, University of
Bristolwww.compassionatelearning.org@JaneStill2
Teaching & learning
Post-16 & Skills

11:00-12:00
T189 Improve your biology exam prep

exams.

11:00-12:00
W131 Chemistry CPAC best practice REPEATED
non-required practical work for chemistry.
Practical science
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Primary
11:00-13:00
11:00-12:00
Drop in to discuss any topic concepts, resources

andexaminations.Collectfreeresourcestosupport
examined material. Try out and discuss laboratory
experiments.
AlanPickwick-AssociationforAstronomyEducation
alan_c_pickwick@btinternet.com
What qualities and actions allow someone to be an

effectiveprimaryscienceleader?Thisworkshopwill
support you in reflecting on the role.
Jane Turner - Primary Science Quality Mark,
University of Hertfordshire & Marc Neesam - Royal
Society of Chemistry
www.rsc.organdwww.psqm.org.uk@RoySocChem
D08 Astrophysics teaching drop-in
Practical science
Primary
11:00-12:00
T187 Parents as partners
You will experience some practical ways to engage

families with their childrens science learning, and
consider the potential of including parents to raise
childrens engagement and enjoyment in the short
term and their science capital in the long term.
Jane Winter - Centre for Industry Education
Collaboration, University of York (CIEC)
Teaching & learning
T188 What makes an effective primary science leader?
Teaching & learning

11:00-12:00
W132 Using data logging for KS1 & KS2 REPEATED
Try data logging equipment and software that can be

used with KS1/2. Use some prepared lesson plans
anddeviseyourownshortproject.Researchevidence
will be provided to show how this type of handson practical work will enhance childrens science
knowledge and skills.
Maggie Morrissey - Technology To Teach Limited
www.technologytoteach.co.uk
@technologytotea
Creative technology
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All
11:00-13:00
12:00-13:00
Drop-in workshop on rocks and fossils.

ESTA Primary Committee
Humour, Murphys Law and Serendipity effect.

Explorethefunnysideofthenaturalsciencesaswell
as science teaching.
D09 Earth Science: Working with rocks and fossils
Practical science
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T198 Science can be fun

12:00-13:30
12:00-13:00
T193 Frontier Science: Personal care products and breast

cancer
This lecture will review the potential for

environmental compounds with oestrogenic and/
or genotoxic activity to contribute to breast cancer
development.Suchcompoundsmayoriginatefrom
indoororoutdoorenvironmentsorfromdiet,butmay
alsoenterthehumanbreastthroughuseofpersonal
careproducts,notablythoseappliedtotheunderarm
region where more than 50% of breast cancers are
known to start. Evidence will be reviewed for the
potentialforcombinationsoflowdosesofchemicals
(such as parabens and aluminium salts) to act over
the long term to enable the hallmarks of cancer to
develop in breast cells.
Professor Philippa Darbre - University of Reading
12:00-13:00
T197 Debugging and de-mystifying research: support in

how to engage with research.
Interested in what research has to say? What is key is

thatweareconfidentinhowwemightusemessages
from research to inform how we teach and how we
help youngsters learn science. Review some of the
researchthatisdominatingwhatisinformingschools,
andbegintounderstandhowthesemightinformorbe
misinterpreted in the way the ideas are used.
Chris Harrison - Kings College London
www.kcl.ac.uk @ASEchairChris
Action research
W139 ASE writers workshop
Anopportunityfordelegatestohearmoreabouthow
towriteforASEandpossiblytopursueafuturecareer
in writing about science education.
ASE Publications Committee
janehanrott@ase.org.uk @TheASE
Vocational (including careers)
Post-16 & Skills
T195 Nature physics: birds, beetles and bubbles
How can birdsong be used as an engaging way

to teach sound and waves? Then a look at where
brilliant physics exists in the natural world.
JamesdeWinter-FacultyofEducation,Universityof
Cambridge www.physicsandbirdsong.co.uk
Teaching & learning
Primary
12:00-13:00
S21 Margaret Collis lecture
UK and European Space Agency
health,conferenceanditsconclusions,theessential
role of science teachers and making a difference.
Mya-Rose Craig - Equality in Nature birdgirluk.
blogspot.co.uk @BirdgirlUK
Practical science
12:00-13:00
W141 Cambridge Colleges physics experience
Steve Martin & Jacob Butler - Outreach Office,

Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Teaching & learning

12:00-13:00
W135 Hands-on electricity generation REPEATED
Workshop that is Interactive, engaging and fun.

Withourhand-heldDCgeneratoryoucangenerate
electricity and study about energy transformation,
energy loss and efficiency.
global.narika.jp
12:00-13:00
Practical science
non-required practical work for physics.
12:00-13:00
W134 Physics CPAC best practice REPEATED
Practical science
11-19
12:00-13:00
T192 The development of knowledge for teaching

science
This session describes a project that has been

exploringthecomplexanddynamicprocessesinvolved
inthedevelopmentofknowledgeforscienceteaching.
Jon James - University of Bristol
Jon.James@bristol.ac.uk
Action research
12:00-13:00
12:00-13:00
11-19
W136 Meet the GCSE PAGs REPEATED
Hands-on opportunity to trial OCR GCSE science

Practical science
12:00-13:00
W140 Redshift, star spectra and the expanding

universe Real Data for Real Lessons
Miles Hudson & Alan Denton - Perimeter Institute

www.perimeterinstitute.ca @Perimeter
Teaching & learning

12:00-13:00
W138 Using smartphones and football to help students

access STEM
This session reveals how a five year assessment

model can be used to assess, track and intervene
using the Big Ideas from AQAs KS3 and KS3
specifications.
@OxfordEdScience
ExploreresourcesfromScienceonStage,developed
and written by teachers for teachers, that introduce
STEM through the use of smartphones and the
mechanics of football. Each resource covers a wide
varietyofSTEMsubjectsthroughindividualunits,and
theactivitiescatertovariousabilities.Hearfromsome
of those who develop the activities and have a go
yourself,beforetakingawayafreeprintedcopyofthe
resources for use in your school.
Science on Stage scienceonstage.org.uk
Teaching & learning
12:00-13:00
12:00-13:00
HighlightingfindingsthatBlackAsianMinorityEthnic
people have unequal access to nature, impact on
ThenewGCSEsaremorechallengingforallstudents,
T196 Five-year assessment for AQA KS3 and GCSE

REPEATED
T199 Achieving race equality in nature
W142 More content and more depth: Coping with new

GCSEs
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11-19
and require deeper understanding of topics as
well as an increased knowledge base. This
session will look at using SOLO taxonomy to
frame students levels of understanding, and also
the use of Flipped Learning to enable lesson time
to be better spent developing deeper
understanding and supporting students.
Discuss with other teachers how to
implement Flipped Learning into your own
lessons and begin to plan a session yourself.
Euan Douglas - Saint George Catholic
College Curriculum & assessment
12:00-14:00
T191 Practical solutions: AQA combined science

REPEATED
Explores cheaper and simpler ways to carry out

the required practical activities along with
suggestions to enrich and enhance practical
work.
Practical science
12:00-14:00
T194 AQA question writing workshop REPEATED

A workshop for teachers who want to
understand the construction of questions in
GCSE and A level papers. This session will
cover biology, chemistry and physics.
All
12:00-13:00
W159 Virtual teaching & learning

Explore the use of virtual technologies in
teachers CPD and students learning.
Mark Ellis - Twig World www.twig-world.com
Creative technology
12:30-13:30
W143 Building on your research Analysing

and writing up your data Deb
McGregor - ASE Research Group
Action research
13:00-14:00
T200 Frontier Science: Tiny cells in the progression

of worlds no.1 killer disease
Platelets are small circulating blood cells that
play essential roles in blood clotting to
prevent bleeding. Inappropriate activation of
platelets under pathological conditions leads to
the development of cardiovascular diseases.
Our research focus on the understanding of
how these tiny blood cells react during
disease conditions such as microbial
infections (e.g. sepsis) and trauma.
Specifically
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we are determining the functions of key
receptors involved in the regulation of platelet
function under these pathological conditions.
Dr Sakthivel Vaiyapuri - University of Reading
Post-16 & Skills

13:00-14:00
T201 Is the practical advisor role for me? REPEATED

A level monitoring visits: come and find out
what skills and attributes were looking for, how
to apply and whats involved in the selection
process. AQA www.aqa.org.uk/science
Practical science
Primary
13:00-14:00
T202 An approach to primary assessment

This session will explore case studies of how
Hertfordshire primary schools are using a new
assessment system to judge and track pupil
progress. Joanna Conn & Charlotte Jackson Herts for Learning www.hertsforlearning.co.uk/
content/primary-science-package
13:00-14:00
T203 A year in Space education

Whats the impact on teachers, pupils and
schools of the Tim Peake effect and what
next? First hand viewpoint of a space
ambassador.
Bryony Turford - Primary Science Geeks
primarysciencegeeks@gmail.com
Practical
science
@priscigeeks
13:00-14:00
W144 Working scientifically to deliver the

curriculum A wide variety of exciting, practical
activities which help deliver this aspect of the
curriculum. They are straightforward to deliver
and use easily-sourced materials and
equipment.
Practical science
Primary
challenges which are low cost and easy to set
up. There is a suitable task from age 4-11, based
around a story book.
Kulvinder Johal - Northbury Primary School
kjohal.301@bdcs.org.uk @kulvinderj
Creative technology
13:00-14:00
W158 Science in a context Support children with

some of the more challenging aspects of
primary science learning. The way to make
science knowledge meaningful, memorable and
accessible is through engaging practical
activities which are set within everyday contexts.
Come and experience some activities on
plants, space and materials-based learning.
Keith Remnant - Putting Learning First & Hellen
Ward - Canterbury Christ Church University
Practical science
11-19
13:00-14:00
W146 Google expeditions and fieldwork: friends or

foes?
2016 was the year when Virtual Reality (VR)
went mainstream with investment and
promotion by several major developers. The
introduction of Google Expeditions (Ges) using
affordable Google Cardboard viewers
combined with smartphones has further
transformed the potential of VR for classroom
use Try out Ges and explore how they could be
used to support teaching and learning,
including fieldwork. Open University, Field
Studies Council & ASE
www.shaileyminocha.info/googleexpeditions/Practical science
13:00-14:00
W147 Chemistry classroom activities
Ten original ideas from an innovative

classroom teacher. Using pom-poms to
balance equations, discovering isomers with
Molymod, blogging, question-only mind maps
and more. Anthony Hardwicke - Bradfield
College ahardwicke@ bradfieldcollege.org.uk
#ASEChat
Teaching
& learning
13:00-14:00
W145 Using mathematics to enhance scientific

inquiry REPEATED
Dr Andy Markwick - Evolution Educational
Consultancy (EEC)
andy.markwick@yahoo.co.uk
www.stemconsultancy.co.uk
(in formation)
Practical
science
13:00-14:00
W148 How to run a STEM week

You will be taken through a series of STEM
based
13:30-14:30
W149 Hands-on with mechanics REPEATED

Photogates are easy to control and simple to set
up to create a range of from measuring speed,
acceleration and even lap time. Use them to
learn about impact, collision, velocity measure,
free fall motion, and energy transformation from
potential to kinetic. Michal Marcik & Taiki
Watanabe - Narika Corporation global.narika.jp
Practical science
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14:00-15:00
T206 Teaching with animals
Animalbehaviourappearsinthecurriculuminvarious
guisesfromKS1toKS5.Comeandgetpracticalideas
and engaging topics for your lessons.
CharlotteEvans-AssociationfortheStudyofAnimal
www.asab.org/education @ASABeducation
Practical science
leaders are needed more than ever to tackle the

futures global problems such as climate change,
pollution and diseases; therefore, new tools,
technologiesandpracticesareneededtoempower
peopletochangetheworldforthebetter.Helpinspire
your learners.
Maaroof Fakhri - Labster
www.labster.com
Creative technology
14:00-15:00
W151 The inclusive education for the future
The workshop will demonstrate how the integrative

and inclusive science teaching contents can be
adapted and implemented in school practice and
everyday life.
Practical science
Post-16 & Skills
11-19
14:00-15:00
S22 The language of mathematics in science: teaching

approaches REPEATED
Howteachersarepromotingtheuseofmathematics
in science lessons.
Richard Needham & Marianne Cutler - ASE
www.ase.org.uk/resources/maths-in-science
14:00-15:00
14:00-15:00
Creativethinkers,knowledgemakersandinnovative
A workshop using tablets to explore how they can

enhance learning. Various apps will be explored. If
T205 The flipped lab: reimagining science education

with blended next-generation virtual laboratories
T207 Using tablet devices to promote effective teaching

& learning
11-19
you like, bring your own device and participate.
Creative technology
14:00-15:00
T209 Pinch points: planned intervention in science

education REPEATED
This session explores how Pinch Points in science

knowledgecanbeusedtoidentifythetypeofstudent
misunderstandingandofferappropriateintervention
strategies.
@OxfordEdScience

14:00-15:15
W150 Kinaesthetic learning in science (non-lab)
Incorporating a kinaesthetic angle in teaching

can help to make difficult concepts easier; reach
hard-to-engage students; and inject a bit of fun for
memorable learning.
Yeasmin Mortuza - Pedagogics Limited
pedagogics.co.uk @YeasminMortuza
Teaching & learning
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Primary
Primary
14:00-15:30
14:15-15:15
Distinctively different and refreshing Professional

Development based on interactive trialled work on
diagrams. Includes content and processes.
Reading Primary Science has wider benefits

than just supporting your science teaching. Emma
VanstoneofScienceSparksandtheeditorofPrimary
Science will show you how!
Leigh Hoath & Emma Vanstone - ASE
primaryscience@outlook.com
W152 Professional development through exploring

diagrams
Action research
Primary
W153 Using ASE Primary Science to support teaching
Practical science
14:15-15:15
14:15-15:15
W154 Practical chemistry in the primary classroom
Gender stereotypes influence what children study

andachieve.Hereweexplorehow,discoverourown
biasesanddiscussideasforchallengingstereotypes
in the classroom.
Ellie Highwood - University of Reading
e.j.highwood@reading.ac.uk @UniRdg_diversity
Practical science
T208 Why are there still girls subjects and boys

subjects?
Try out a number of practical activities to support the

teaching of chemistry-themed topics that feature in
the primary curriculum.

Practical science
14:15-15:15
W156 Have they got it? REPEATED
A group of ASE members will share their work to

breakdowntheNationalCurriculumstatementsinto
cleardescriptorsanddevelopshort,funactivitiesfor
teachers to use with small groups of children where
they just want to check have they got it?
Jane Turner -Collins Education
14:15-15:15
W155 Primary data logging ideas (2)
Aninteractiveworkshoptoexplorehowdatalogging
enhanceslearningandprogressionatprimarylevel.
BYOD and join in. The EasySense software is free
fromwww.data-havest.co.ukorrelevantappstore.
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Wednesday 4 January - Saturday 7 January 2017 at the University of Reading

Showcasing CPD for all involved in science education

UKs largest CPD

4 days... 350 sessions

The Association for Science Education Annual Conference 2017

Four days with over 350 sessions.

I like the variety of ASE conference - I can

The Association for Science Education

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Keynotes and special events

A selection of key lectures, workshops and

Talking science debate

Yes you can! with ASE

Marcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor

Unleashing excellence in science teaching

Preparing the next generation of scientists,

Moving from citizen to civic science

Justin Dillon is Professor of Science and

Improving gender balance - a new approach

Kavli education medal lecture: Students as

Hear from the Royal

ASE Presidents address

Neil returns to the ASE Annual Conference due to

Martin Post, Regional Schools Commissioner for North West

Martin Post started his role as Regional Schools

Professor Archer will share insights from the

Follow us for updates on the Conference programme @TheASE #ASEconf

A programme packed with science CPD

Follow a range of themed paths, or create a personal

On Wednesday, we have a dedicated

A fete of ideas and best practice for all involved

All participants and speakers come together

On Friday, we have the Primary pop-up,

The remaining three days of the Conference

Headteachers and governors

The University of Reading will be providing a

The general CPD themes are:

Biology around the world

Providing links to the Education for

On Thursday, there will be a programme of

Further education programme

Follow us for updates on the Conference programme @TheASE #ASEconf

The Association behind the Conference

Professional Learning Journey

ASE works to promote and support the

A teachers or technicians journey can be formally

All of the committees are there to advise and

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The ASE delivers the Annual Conference thanks to the

The AQA Practical Hub

Tips and events to get the most from the conference

Just come along!

Plan your programme

The ASE Annual Conference is for everyone with a

This Programme Preview offers an overview of the

The Wellcome Trust Reception

Hosted at the University, this dinner is the perfect

All teachers, trainees and teacher trainers are

The ASE Members Reception

Everyone is welcome to come to this free

Held at the Crowne Plaza hotel, this informal buffet

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